Modern Art - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 2013 - 170 Euro Cent

With the reproduction of the imposing painting "Maria mit den Kind" by Lorenzo Lotto, the popular brand series "Alte Meister" is now being continued in an extremely attractive way. The valuable original work is in the picture gallery of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna and bears the inventory number GG 101. Lorenzo Lotto - born in 1480 in Venice, died 1557 in Loreto - is one of the most important Italian painters of the High Renaissance. Science is not entirely in agreement, but Lotto was probably a pupil of Alvise Vivarini (1446-1505), but it is clear that he was under the artistic influence of Giovanni Bellini (1430-1516). It is also certain that Lorenzo Lotto left his native city of Venice even before Titian could influence him in his early oeuvre; Meanwhile, the young painter worked in Treviso and Bergamo, before traveling to Rome in 1510. When Lorenzo Lotto returned to Venice around 1526, he did pick up on Titian's masterly coloring, but his work nevertheless remained decidedly influenced by his own restless and largely restless personality. Not only was he constantly changing his place of residence, his painting style was also subject to the tireless changes in his life. In 1552 he finally entered a monastery in Loreto, where he died a few years later. In addition to the masterpiece "Mary with the Child" reproduced on the stamp, the paintings include "The Mystical Marriage of St. Catherine of Siena", "Portrait of a Young Man in a White Curtain", "A Goldsmith in Three Views" and "The Man with the Animal Paw "To the most important works of Lorenzo Lotto. Incidentally, the term "high renaissance" mentioned above refers to the second phase of the Renaissance in the period from about 1500 to 1530 in Italy and from about 1555 to 1590 in the German-speaking world. The spiritual center of this period, characterized by the pursuit of the highest perfection and harmony in art, was Rome. Leonardo da Vinci's paintings "Mona Lisa" and "The Last Supper" as well as the frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo are undoubtedly among the most famous works of the period. The most important representative of the High Renaissance north of the Alps, however, was the German painter Albrecht Dürer, whose well-known copper engravings are still enjoying great popularity.