LOTTO, Lorenzo
(b. ca. 1480, Venezia, d. 1556, Loreto)

Santo Spirito Altarpiece (detail)

1521
Oil on canvas
Santo Spirito, Bergamo

The Santo Spirito Altarpiece offers further proof of the variety of Lotto's sources of inspiration. The variegated flight of angels above the Virgin's head can be seen in relation to Correggio's parallel inventions.