Lochis Madonna

Carlo Crivelli's Lochis Madonna, painted around 1482, entered the Accademia Carrara, Bergamo, through the Guglielmo Lochis collection. Crivelli's Madonnas are among the most distinctive in Italian painting, combining intense devotional feeling with extraordinary decorative elaboration. The Virgin and Child are typically adorned with garlands of fruit, vegetables, and flowers that carry symbolic meaning while creating a visual feast of almost hallucinatory precision.

Crivelli's technique combines hard, precise outlines with brilliant tempera colors, elaborate gold tooling, and the hyper-realistic rendering of decorative elements—fruit, jewels, and embroidered textiles—that distinguish his unique style.