Fra Gregorio Belo di Vicenza
by LOTTO, Lorenzo, Oil on canvas, 87 x 71 cm
This is one of Lotto’s last portraits. The exceptional devotional power of the friar is expressed by means of a broken up surface, with a limited range of colours. The appearance of the Crucifixion, on the left, takes on the aspect of a visionary evocation, perhaps under the influence of northern European painting. It recalls the compositions of Matthias Gr�newald.