Paintings from 1540 (Venice, Ancona, Loreto)
by Lorenzo Lotto

Lotto was in Venice from 1540 to 1542. The chief commission that occupied Lotto immediately upon his return to Venice in 1540 was the St Antoninus altarpiece for Santi Giovanni e Paolo. Since his art was out of fashion in Venice, in 1542 Lotto moved to Treviso for searching more appreciative clientele. His stay there was not successful, and Lotto returned to Venice by 1545. In 1549 Lotto won the commission to paint a huge Assumption of the Virgin for San Francesco alle Scale in Ancona, and he left Venice to execute the painting on the spot. He remained in Ancona until 1552 where he enjoyed the favour of local patrons receiving a number of commissions. Then he moved to Loreto where in 1554 he entered the religious community as a lay brother.

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The Alms of St Antoninus
1542
Oil on wood, 332 x 235 cm
Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice


Christ, Giving His Blood
1543
Poplar wood, 50 x 32 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna


Portrait of a Man with a Felt Hat
1541
Oil on paper mounted to paperboard and lined, 58 x 47 cm
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa


Portrait of a Gentleman with Gloves
c. 1543
Oil on canvas, 90 x 75 cm
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan


Portrait of Febo da Brescia
1544
Oil on canvas, 82 x 78 cm
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan


Portrait of Laura da Pola
1544
Oil on canvas, 90 x 75 cm
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan


Self-Portrait
1540s
Oil on panel, 43 x 35 cm
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid


St Jerome
1544
Oil on canvas, 53 x 42 cm
Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome


Pietà
1545
Oil on canvas, 185 x 150 cm
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan


Pietà (detail)
1545
Oil on canvas
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan


Virgin and Child with Saints
1546
Oil on canvas
San Giacomo dall'Orio, Venice


Fra Gregorio Belo di Vicenza
1547
Oil on canvas, 87 x 71 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York


Assumption of the Virgin
1549
Oil on canvas
San Francesco alle Scale, Ancona


Presentation in the Temple
1554-55
Oil on canvas, 172 x 137 cm
Santuario della Santa Casa, Loreto



Summary of paintings by Lorenzo Lotto
until 1506
Treviso
1506-13
Recanati, Rome
1513-24
Bergamo
1523-24
Trescore
1525-33
Venice
1533-40
The Marches
from 1540
Venice, Ancona, Loreto



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