Lorenzo Lotto, Transfiguration of Christ

1510-1512

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St. John’s red robe
Vermilion, chalk, lead-tin-yellow, azurite, and lead white

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St. Peter’s blue robe
Azurite, yellow lead-based pigment, orpiment or realgar, carmine lake, vermilion, red ochre, charcoal black, and lead white

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St. Peter’s orange cloak
 Vermilion, lead-based pigment, red ochre, carmine lake, orpiment, or realgar, copper-based green

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St. Elias’ dark green robe
Lead-tin yellow, verdigris, and lead white

Pigment analysis: Hover the mouse over the white points to learn about the pigments used at this spot.

Overview

Medium: oil
Support: panel
Size: 300 × 203 cm

Art period: Renaissance
Museo Civico Villa Colloredo Mels, Recanati, Italy

The painting of the Gospel episode the Transfiguration of Jesus by Lorenzo Lotto, produced in 1510–1512 for the Church of Santa Maria di Castelnuovo.

The pigment analysis is based on the following publication:

Maria Letizia Amadori, et al., Lorenzo Lotto’s painting materials: an integrated diagnostic approach, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular
Spectroscopy, 164 (2016) 110–122. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2016.02.043

Lorenzo-Lotto-Transfiguration-of-Christ

Overview

Medium: oil
Support: panel
Size: 300 × 203 cm

Art period: Renaissance
Museo Civico Villa Colloredo Mels, Recanati, Italy

The painting of the Gospel episode the Transfiguration of Jesus by Lorenzo Lotto, produced in 1510–1512 for the Church of Santa Maria di Castelnuovo.

The pigment analysis is based on the following publication:

Maria Letizia Amadori, et al., Lorenzo Lotto’s painting materials: an integrated diagnostic approach, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular
Spectroscopy, 164 (2016) 110–122. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2016.02.043

Resources

Videos

Video: Lorenzo Lotto Volume One - A collection of paintings 4K UltraHD by Master Painters

Publications and Websites

Publications

Gianluca Poldi, Antonello da Messina between Sicily and Venice: the San Cassiano altarpiece. Technical examinations and comparisons, Technologische Studien: Konservierung, Restaurierung, Forschung, Technologie / Kunsthistorisches Museum, 6, 2009.

G. Poldi, With or without Flanders: how Antonello da Messina painted, in Antonello da Messina, edited by C. Cardona and G. C.F. Villa, catalogue of the exhibition (Milan, Palazzo Reale, February 21st – June 2nd, 2019), Skira, Milan 2019, pp. 295-301.

James, Sara Nair, Antonello Da Messina: Sicily’s Renaissance Master. The Sixteenth Century Journal 39, no. 3 (2008): 935–36. doi:10.2307/20479124.

Paintings by Lorenzo Lotto at ColourLex