Visual art

Lorenzo Lotto

1480–1556Local figure

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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