After Tiziano Vecellio, called Titian, 17th Century
The Madonna and Child in a landscape
Oil on canvas
172.8 x 118.5cm (68 1/16 x 46 5/8in)
Private collection
The Madonna and Child or The Virgin and
Child is often the name of a work
of art which shows the Virgin Mary and the Child Jesus. The word Madonna means
"My Lady" in Italian. Artworks of the Christ Child and his mother
Mary are part of the Roman Catholic tradition in many parts of the world
including Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, South America and the Philippines.
Paintings known as icons are also an important tradition of the Orthodox Church
and often show the Mary and the Christ Child. They are found particularly in
Eastern Europe, Russia, Egypt, the Middle East and India. More on The Madonna and Child
Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio, or Titian
(1488/1490 – 27 August 1576), was an Italian painter, the most
important member of the 16th-century Venetian school.
Recognized
by his contemporaries as "The Sun Amidst Small Stars", Titian was one
of the most versatile of Italian painters, equally adept with portraits,
landscape backgrounds, and mythological and religious subjects. His painting
methods, particularly in the application and use of color, would exercise a
profound influence not only on painters of the Italian Renaissance, but on
future generations of Western art.
During the course of his long life, Titian's artistic
manner changed drastically but he retained a lifelong interest in color.
Although his mature works may not contain the vivid, luminous tints of his
early pieces, their loose brushwork and subtlety of tone are without precedent
in the history of Western painting. More Titian
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