Lorenzo di Credi (c. 1459 – 1537)

• Was an Italian Renaissance painter and sculptor.
• Known for his paintings on religious subjects.
• He first influenced Leonardo da Vinci and then in turn was greatly influenced by him.
• Born in Florence, son of goldsmith Andrea di Oderigo Barducci.
• di Credi had started work in Andrea del Verrocchio's workshop by 1480.
• After the death of his master, he inherited the direction of the workshop.
• For Pistoia Cathedral he completed the painting of the Madonna Enthroned between John the Baptist and St. Donatus which had been partially painted by his master, Verrocchio, but was left unfinished when Verrocchio went to Venice.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Lorenzo di Credi, The Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist, 1480-85.
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Lorenzo di Credi, The Holy Family

Original, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden. Visited in 2018.

Lorenzo di Credi, The Holy Family

Lorenzo di Credi, The Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist, 1480-85

Original, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden. Visited in 2018.

Lorenzo di Credi, The Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist, 1480-85

Lorenzo di Credi, The Virgin and Child with Saint Sebastian and Saint John the Evangelist.

Original, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden. Visited in 2018.

Lorenzo di Credi, The Virgin and Child with Saint Sebastian and Saint John the Evangelist.

Assistant Lorenzo di Credi and Andrea del Verrocchio, The Virgin and Child with Two Angels, c. 1476-78

Original, National Gallery of Art in London. Visited in 2018-2019.

Assistant Lorenzo di Credi and Andrea del Verrocchio, The Virgin and Child with Two Angels, c. 1476-78

Lorenzo di Credi, Portrait of a Young Woman, ca. 1490–1500

Original, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Visited in 2017-2024.

Lorenzo di Credi, Portrait of a Young Woman, ca. 1490–1500

Lorenzo di Credi, St. Mary of Egypt

Original, Staatliche Museum in Berlin, Gemäldegalerie. Visited in 2019.

Lorenzo di Credi, Adoration of the Christ Child, 1523

Original, Kimbell Art Museum, Texas. Visited in 2020.

Lorenzo di Credi, Adoration of the Christ Child, 1523

Lorenzo di Credi, The Virgin and Child surrounded by St. Julian and St. Nicholas of Myra, about 1494

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Lorenzo di Credi, The Virgin and Child surrounded by St. Julian and St. Nicholas of Myra, about 1494

Lorenzo di Credi, The Annunciation, 1475-1478

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Lorenzo di Credi, The Annunciation, 1475-1478

Lorenzo di Credi, Madonna with the Christ Child, around 1480-90

Original, Landesmuseum Mainz, Germany. Visited in 2022.

Lorenzo di Credi, Madonna with the Christ Child, around 1480-90

Lorenzo di Credi, Adoration of the Christ Child, c. 1505-15

Original, Uffizi Gallery, Florence. Visited in 2024.

Lorenzo di Credi, Adoration of the Christ Child, c. 1505-15

Lorenzo di Credi, Madonna and Child with the Young St. John the Baptist and Angels, c. 1500-20

Original, Uffizi Gallery, Florence. Visited in 2024.

Lorenzo di Credi, Madonna and Child with the Young St. John the Baptist and Angels, c. 1500-20

Lorenzo di Credi, Nativity of Jesus and the Adoration of the Shepherds, c. 1495-1497

Original, Uffizi Gallery, Florence. Visited in 2024.

Lorenzo di Credi, Nativity of Jesus and the Adoration of the Shepherds, c. 1495-1497

Lorenzo di Credi, Annunciation and three stories from Genesis, c. 1480-1485

Original, Uffizi Gallery, Florence. Visited in 2024.

Lorenzo di Credi, Annunciation and three stories from Genesis, c. 1480-1485

Lorenzo di Credi, Venus, c. 1490

Original, Uffizi Gallery, Florence. Visited in 2024.

Lorenzo di Credi, Portrait of a Man, c. 1490

Original, Uffizi Gallery, Florence. Visited in 2024.

Lorenzo di Credi, Portrait of a Man, c. 1490