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LOTTO, Lorenzo: San Bartolomeo Altarpiece

🖼 San Bartolomeo Altarpiece, 1513-16
Oil on wood
520 × 250 cm
Venice, Italy

Vertical gold panels frame San Bartolomeo in rich reds and blues, his flayed skin draped across his arm in Renaissance detail. Lotto's intimate altarpiece transforms gruesome martyrdom into spiritual dignity, defining Bergamasque devotional art.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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