v. 1480 -1556/57 · Venice, Bergamo, Marche and Italian Renaissance

Psychological portraits, unexpected colors and intimate symbols make Lorenzo Lotto one of the most original voices of the Venetian Renaissance.

Lorenzo Lotto was born in Venice around 1480. Trained in the culture of Giovanni Bellini and Alvise Vivarini, he nevertheless developed an independent sensitivity very early on. He worked in Treviso, Recanati, Rome, Bergamo, Venice and in several cities in the Marche, following orders rather than a single court. In Bergamo, between approximately 1513 and 1525, altarpieces, frescoes, portraits and drawings for the marquetry of Santa Maria Maggiore revealed a personal language: fresh colors, bold shortcuts, symbolic details and immediate emotion. In Bergamo, between approximately 1513 and 1525, altarpieces, frescoes, portraits and drawings for the marquetry of Santa Maria Maggiore reveal a personal language: fresh colors, bold shortcuts, symbolic details and immediate emotion. In Bergamo, between approximately 1513 and 1525, altarpieces, frescoes, portraits and drawings for the marquetry of Santa Maria Maggiore reveal a personal language: fresh colors, bold shortcuts, symbolic details and immediate emotion. In Bergamo, between approximately 1513 and 1525, altarpieces, frescoes, portraits and drawings for the marquetry of religious, Lotto brings the sacred closer to the spectator. The Annunciation places the event in a room crossed by surprise, The Emmaus Last Supper insists on the moment of recognition and Ecce Homo makes suffering physically present. Venus and Cupid show his inventiveness in secular allegory. His account book documents a mobile, generous and often precarious career. In his last years, he became an oblate of the Holy House of Loreto, where he died around 1556 -1557. Long eclipsed by Titian, Lotto is today recognized as an exceptional observer of the individual and emotion. In his last years, he became an oblate of the Holy House of Loreto, where he died around 1556 -1557. Long eclipsed by Titian, Lotto is today recognized as an exceptional observer of the individual and emotion. In his last years, he became an oblate of the Holy House of Loreto, where he died around 1556 -1557. Long eclipsed by Titian, Lotto is today recognized as an exceptional observer of the individual and emotion. The "Lorenzo Lotto" selection notably compares The Annunciation and The Last Supper from Emmaus. Its reading favors atmosphere.

Lotto transforms every detail into confidence: a hand, a look or an object opens the image to an inner life.