Visual art
Lorenzo Lotto

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Every place in this city with a documented tie to this person.
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Church of Saints Vincent and Alexander, Ponteranica
Lotto painted the six-panel Ponteranica Polyptych for the Scuola del Corpo di Cristo in 1522.
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Church of San Giacomo Maggiore, Sedrina
Lotto painted the signed 1542 Madonna in Glory and Saints for Sedrina’s confraternity of expatriate wine merchants.
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Church of Santa Maria Assunta, Celana
Lotto painted the Assumption of the Virgin for the church in 1527 after leaving Bergamo.
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Domus Magna of the Misericordia Maggiore
Lotto worked with the Misericordia Maggiore here while designing the biblical and allegorical images for the basilica’s choir.
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Lorenzo Lotto’s House and Workshop
Lotto lived and kept his workshop in Niccolò Bonghi’s house near San Michele al Pozzo Bianco.
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Museo Diocesano Adriano Bernareggi
Several paintings made by Lotto for churches in Bergamo and its province are displayed here, some on a rotating basis.
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Old Church of San Giorgio, Credaro
Lotto painted the 1525 frescoes, including Saint George killing the dragon, on and inside the medieval church.
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Palazzo Bonomi, formerly Casotti Albani
Lotto worked repeatedly for the Casotti family, and an interior frieze in their palace has traditionally been attributed to him.
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Palazzo Colleoni, formerly the House of Luca and Leonino Brembati
Lotto painted portraits of later members of the Brembati family associated with this ancestral residence.
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Palazzo Tasso
Lotto produced several private devotional paintings for the Tasso household and was documented in the palace in 1521.
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Site of the Lost Church of the Holy Trinity
Lotto painted the church’s Trinity altarpiece around 1519-1520, now associated with the diocesan museum collection.
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Site of the Lost Dominican Monastery of Santo Stefano
Lotto created the monumental Martinengo Altarpiece for the Dominican church formerly standing on this site.
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Suardi Chapel at Villa Suardi
Lotto frescoed the chapel with the stories of Saints Barbara and Brigid and the monumental Christ-Vine imagery.
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Via Pignolo Renaissance Patrons’ Quarter
Lotto produced portraits, private devotional works and altarpieces for the interconnected families living along and around this street.
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