In 1513 Lotto took up residence in Bergamo, and he spent a fruitful decade in this city in Venetian Lombardy. He painted three great altarpieces for churches in Bergamo (the San Bartolomeo Altarpiece, the San Bernardino Altarpiece, and the Santo Spirito Altarpiece) between 1516 and 1521. The support of the leading local families enabled him to develop his powers as a portrait painter and his inventiveness as a painter of devotional images for the home. During his period he also undertook the most extensive fresco cycle of his career, that of the Oratorio Suardi at Trescore, a few miles out of Bergamo.

Preview	Picture Data	Info
	San Bartolomeo Altarpiece 1513-16 Oil on wood, 520 x 250 cm San Bartolomeo, Bergamo
	St Dominic Raises Napoleone Orsini 1513-16 Oil on wood, 51 x 97 cm Accademia Carrara, Bergamo
	Deposition 1513-16 Oil on wood, 51 x 97 cm Accademia Carrara, Bergamo
	The Martyrdom of St Stephen 1513-16 Oil on wood, 51 x 97 cm Accademia Carrara, Bergamo
	The Penitent St Jerome 1513-15 Oil on panel, 56 x 40 cm Muzeul National de Arta, Bucharest
	The Penitent St Jerome (detail) 1513-15 Oil on panel Muzeul National de Arta, Bucharest
	The Penitent St Jerome 1515 Oil on canvas, 41 x 33 cm Allentown Art Museum, Allentown
	Portrait of a Gentleman with a Rosary 1515-18 Oil on panel, 79 x 62 cm Nivaagaards Malerisamling, Niva, Denmark
	Susanna and the Elders 1517 Oil on wood, 66 x 50 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
	Susanna and the Elders 1517 Oil on wood, 66 x 50 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
	Portrait of Lucina Brembati c. 1518 Oil on panel, 53 x 45 cm Accademia Carrara, Bergamo
	San Bernardino Altarpiece 1521 Oil on canvas, 300 x 275 cm San Bernardino in Pignolo, Bergamo
	San Bernardino Altarpiece (detail) 1521 Oil on canvas San Bernardino in Pignolo, Bergamo
	Santo Spirito Altarpiece 1521 Oil on canvas, 287 x 268 cm Santo Spirito, Bergamo
	Santo Spirito Altarpiece (detail) 1521 Oil on canvas Santo Spirito, Bergamo
	Santo Spirito Altarpiece (detail) 1521 Oil on canvas Santo Spirito, Bergamo
	The Trinity 1523 Oil on canvas, 170 x 115 cm Sant'Alessandro della Croce, Bergamo
	The Trinity (detail) 1523 Oil on canvas Sant'Alessandro della Croce, Bergamo
	Christ Taking Leave of his Mother 1521 Oil on canvas, 126 x 99 cm Staatliche Museen, Berlin
	Christ Taking Leave of his Mother (detail) 1521 Oil on canvas Staatliche Museen, Berlin
	Christ Taking Leave of his Mother (detail) 1521 Oil on canvas, 126 x 99 cm (full painting) Staatliche Museen, Berlin
	Virgin and Child with Sts John the Baptist and Catherine 1522 Oil on canvas, 74 x 68 cm Palma Camozzi Vertova Collection, Costa di Mezzate, Bergamo
	St Catherine of Alexandria 1522 Oil on panel, 57 x 50 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
	Madonna with the Child and Sts Rock and Sebastian c. 1522 Oil on wood, 80 x 70 cm Contini Bonacossi Collection, Florence
	The Mystic Marriage of St Catherine 1523 Oil on canvas, 189 x 134 cm Accademia Carrara, Bergamo
	The Mystic Marriage of St Catherine (detail) 1523 Oil on canvas Accademia Carrara, Bergamo
	Nativity 1523 Oil on wood, 46 x 36 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
	Virgin and Child with Sts Jerome and Nicholas of Tolentino 1523-24 Oil on canvas, 94 x 78 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
	Portrait of a Married Couple 1523-24 Oil on canvas, 96 x 116 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
	Portrait of a Married Couple (detail) 1523-24 Oil on canvas The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
	Marsilio Cassotti and His Bride Faustina 1523 Oil on canvas, 71 x 84 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid
	Mystic Marriage of St Catherine 1524 Oil on canvas, 98 x 115 cm Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome
	Mystic Marriage of St Catherine (detail) 1524 Oil on canvas Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome
	Scenes from the Life of the Virgin 1524 Fresco San Michele al Pozzo Bianco, Bergamo