LOTTO, Lorenzo (b. ca. 1480, Venezia, d. 1556, Loreto) Portrait of Febo da Brescia 1544 Oil on canvas, 90 x 75 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan The portraits of Laura da Pola and Febo da Brescia belong to the period in his career when Lotto was particularly active as a portraitist. Both paintings are signed and dated 1544. They were identified by Berenson as works of Lotto from the artist's account book. Rather than painting monarchs and prelates, as did Titian, Lotto portrayed the local nobility, fixing their traits with an acute eye. There is no rhetorical decorative detail but only the exis
LOTTO, Lorenzo (b. ca. 1480, Venezia, d. 1556, Loreto) Portrait of Febo da Brescia 1544 Oil on canvas, 90 x 75 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan The portraits of Laura da Pola and Febo da Brescia belong to the period in his career when Lotto was particularly active as a portraitist. Both paintings are signed and dated 1544. They were identified by Berenson as works of Lotto from the artist's account book. Rather than painting monarchs and prelates, as did Titian, Lotto portrayed the local nobility, fixing their traits with an acute eye. There is no rhetorical decorative detail but only the existential truth of the subject. --- Keywords: -------------- Author: LOTTO, Lorenzo Title: Portrait of Febo da Brescia Time-line: 1501-1550 School: Italian Form: painting Type: portrait
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