Lorenzo Lotto was an Italian painter, draughtsman, and illustrator, traditionally placed in the Venetian school, though much of his career was spent in other north Italian cities. He painted mainly altarpieces, religious subjects and portraits. He was active during the High Renaissance and the first half of the Mannerist period, but his work maintained a generally similar High Renaissance style throughout his career, although his nervous and eccentric posings and distortions represented a transitional stage to the Florentine and Roman Mannerists.
The Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo, known in Venetian as San Zanipolo, is a church in the Castello sestiere of Venice, Italy.
Santi di Tito was one of the most influential and leading Italian painters of the proto-Baroque style – what is sometimes referred to as "Counter-Maniera" or Counter-Mannerism.
Andrea Previtali was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Bergamo. He was also called Andrea Cordelliaghi.
The Lochis Madonna is a c.1475 tempera-on-panel painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Giovanni Bellini, now in the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo. It is signed IOANNES BELLINVS on a small scroll attached to the marble balustrade in the lower foreground. It dates from early in the painter's mature phase, although he was still influenced by Andrea Mantegna's sculptural approach to drapery in the painting.
Holy Family with Saint Catherine of Alexandria is a 1533 oil-on-canvas painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Lorenzo Lotto, now in the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo. It is signed and dated "Laurentius Lotus 1533" and it measures 85.7 cm in height and 110.8 cm in width. Six later copies after the work are known. The Bergamo version is judged to be of exceptional quality, and the earliest.
Madonna and Child with St John the Baptist and St Catherine of Alexandria or Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine with St John the Baptist is an oil on panel painting by Andrea Previtali, produced c. 1504, during his youthful years in Giovanni Bellini's studio. Belonging to the sacra conversazione genre, it is now in the sacristy of the church of San Giobbe in Venice, whilst a autograph copy of the work is now in the National Gallery in London. The London work includes a scroll below Mary inscribed + 1504/Andrea Cordelle/Agi dissipulus/iouanis Bellini/pinxit and the number 24, variously interpreted as the artist's age or as his personal symbol using the signus tabellanolis, a technique used by 16th century notaries the better to identify works' and documents' authenticity.
The Virgin and Child with a Shoot of Olive is an oil on panel painting by Andrea Previtali, executed in 1512–1513, one of 192 paintings donated to the National Gallery, London in 1910 as part of the George Salting collection. The work was originally commissioned by the Gozzi family.
Salvator mundi is an oil on panel painting by Andrea Previtali, executed in 1519, now in the National Gallery, London, to which it was left in 1910. The work was produced in Bergamo.
Annunciation is a 1505-1510 oil on canvas painting by Andrea Previtali, produced for the high altar of the church of Santa Maria Annunziata in Meschio, now a district of Vittorio Veneto, where it is still on show. It was produced before the Bergamo-born artist returned to his birthplace. It is signed ANDREA BERGOMENSIS IOANIS BELLINI DISCIPLINUS PINXIT and shows marked influence from Previtali's teacher Giovanni Bellini.
Lament over the Dead Christ is a 1524 or 1525 oil on canvas painting by Andrea Previtali, produced for the church of Sant’Andrea, Bergamo, where it still hangs.
The Transfigured Christ is a 1513 oil-on-panel painting by Andrea Previtali, in the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan since 1811 It is signed and dated Al Nobel homo mr/Andrea dipintor in/Bergamo/MDXIII on a small book at bottom right.
The Casotti Madonna or Madonna and Child with Saint Paul, Saint Agnes and Donors is an oil on panel painting by Andrea Previtali now in the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo, commissioned in 1523 by Paolo Casotti, a rich merchant from Bergamo, the artist's native city
The Baglioni Madonna or Madonna and Child with Saint Jerome and Saint Anne is an oil on panel painting by Andrea Previtali, executed c. 1512–1513, now in the art gallery of the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo. His earliest surviving work, it is signed ANDREAS.BER.PIN. Since 1900 it has been named after its last private owner Francesco Baglioni, who gave it to its present home. It belongs to the sacra conversazione genre. It was restored in 2011 by Amalia Pacia of the Sovraintendenza per i Beni Storici Artistici ed Etnoatropologici di Mialno and Maria Cristina Rodeschini from the Accademia Carrara
Madonna and Child with Saint Dominic and Saint Martha of Bethany is a 1517-1520 oil on canvas painting by Andrea Previtali produced for the monastery of Santa Marta in Bergamo and since 2010 in the collections of the UBI Banca in Bergamo.
St John the Baptist with Four Saints or St John the Baptist Among Other Saints is a 1515 oil on canvas painting by Andrea Previtali, displayed in the first side-chapel on the north side of the nave of the church of Santo Spirito in Bergamo, the artist's birthplace. It was the artist's first public commission after his return to Bergamo from Venice.
Scenes from Tebaldeo's Eclogues is a set of four small square oil on panel paintings by Andrea Previtali, executed between 1505 and 1510, now in the National Gallery, London. They show scenes from the Ferrarese writer Antonio Tebaldeo's eclogue on the life of Damon of Athens, featuring his friend Thyrsis and Damon's love for Amaryllis. They were probably originally part of a piece of furniture for a rich Venetian noble family. Previtali's master Giovanni Bellini also produced furniture with scenes from the same book.
Count Guglielmo Lochis was an Italian nobleman, politician, art collector and art connoisseur.
The 'Lochis Madonna is a tempera and gold on panel painting by Carlo Crivelli, executed c. 1475, and signed OPVS CAROLI CRIVELLI VENETI. It is now in the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo, which it entered in 1866 from Guglielmo Lochis' collection - its previous history is unknown.
Madonna and Child with Saints is a c. 1520 oil on panel painting by Palma Vecchio, now in room XVI of the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo, the artist's birthplace. It is first recorded as part of the collection of Guglielmo Lochis, who acquired it in 1830 from Cristoforo Orsetti, one of the most important Venetian collectors of that era.
