Visitors interested in learning more about the art of Northern Italian painter, draughtsman and illustrator Lorenzo Lotto will have the chance to do so at Castello di Miradolo in San Secondo di Pinerolo near Turin, where the exhibit “Faces and soul. Lorenzo Lotto" has been extended to March 2 due to the high turnout.
“Faces and soul. Lorenzo Lotto" was put together and curated by Italian art historian Vittorio Sgarbi. The exhibit features 13 works by the Renaissance/early Mannerist artist never before shown together. It includes the “Madonna and Child," owned by the Italian State, which will be returned to the private rooms of the Quirinale in Rome at the end of the show, where it cannot be viewed, and the "Transfiguration," which comes from the library of Giacomo Leopardi.
Lotto's works are kept in different museums in Italy and abroad. He painted mainly altarpieces, religious subjects and portraits. He was active during the High Renaissance, however, his nervous and eccentric posings and distortions are considered a transitional stage to the first Florentine and Roman Mannerists of the 16th century. Born in Venice, Lotto worked in Treviso, the Marche, Rome, Bergamo, Venice, Ancona and finally as a Franciscan lay brother in Loreto.
The exhibition is open Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 2 pm to 6 pm (mornings open by reservation for groups and schools), Saturday, Sunday and Monday from 10 am to 6:30 pm. Tuesday closed.
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