Lorenzo d’Alessandro (c. 1455 – 1503) was an Italian painter and interpreter of late gothic style. He is known by different authorities and authors by different names, including: *Lorenzo da San Severino or Sanseverino *Lorenzo d’Alessandro da Sanseverino *Lorenzo Salimbeni

Biography

He was born in San Severino Marche. He painted in the ''salimbenian'' style inherited from the Salimbeni brothers, also from San Severino Marche; and influenced another important local painter,

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, also known as “L'Alunno” (from

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, who lived two years in San Severino and painted there a polyptych signed in 1468). Lorenzo was also inspired by

Carlo Crivelli Carlo Crivelli (Venice, c. 1430 – Ascoli Piceno, c. 1495) was an Italian Renaissance painter of conservative Late Gothic decorative sensibility, who spent his early years in the Veneto, where he absorbed influences from the Vivarini ...

and

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. D’Alessandro blended the typical elements of the late Gothic culture and of the Renaissance in his expressive style. Among his pupils is

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of Perugia, and his children: Antonio, Giangentile, and Severino.Memorie storiche delle arti e degli artisti della marca di Ancona
Volume 1, by Marchese Amico Ricci, page 111-112. He painted frescoes in

Chiesa della Maestà, San Severino Marche The Chiesa della Maestà or ''Church of her Majesty'' is a Roman Catholic church, dedicated to a Marian devotion, sited at Localita Parolito in San Severino Marche, region of Marche, Italy. History The church was built in 1473 at the site of an ico ...

. Three of his paintings are displayed in the Pinacoteca Civica Padre Pietro Tacchi Venturi in San Severino Marche, including the Nativity, the Madonna with Child, and the Pietà.

Gallery

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'' (1495) File:Lorenzo d'alessandro, pietà, 1495, 02.jpg, ''Pietà'' detail File:Lorenzo d'alessandro, pietà, 1495, 03 mano.jpg, ''Pietà'' detail File:Lorenzo d'alessandro, polittico di corridonia, 1481, 05 madonna col bambino.jpg, ''Madonna and Child'' (1481) File:Lorenzo d'alessandro, natività, 1475-99 ca., da s. lorenzo in doliolo.jpg, ''Nativity'' File:Lorenzo d'alessandro, madonna col bambino, angeli e santi, ante 1481, da s.m. del mercato 01.jpg, ''Madonna and Child, Angels and Saints'' File:Lorenzo di Alessandro da Sanseverino Matrimonio místico de Santa Catalina de Siena NG londres.jpg, ''Mystical Wedding of Catherine of Siena''

Notes

Gothic painters Italian Renaissance painters 15th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 16th-century Italian painters 1455 births 1503 deaths Year of birth unknown {{Italy-painter-15thC-stub