# Lorenzo Lotto

Italian, 1475–1556; born in Venice; died in Loreto

Lotto was born in Venice but spent much of his restless career elsewhere: in Treviso, Bergamo and the towns of the Marches, with a stay in Rome. Away from the shadow of Titian, he developed an intensely individual style, with sharp colour, unconventional compositions and portraits of unusual psychological depth. His surviving account book records his often precarious finances. He ended his life as an oblate at the shrine of the Holy House at Loreto.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

3 works in the collection.

- [Portrait of a Man, Possibly Girolamo Rosati](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-a-man-possibly-girolamo-rosati-cma-127571), Lorenzo Lotto, 1533–34. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Brother Gregorio Belo of Vicenza](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/brother-gregorio-belo-of-vicenza-met-436917), Lorenzo Lotto, 1547. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Venus and Cupid](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/venus-and-cupid-met-436918), Lorenzo Lotto, 1520s. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.