''Balbi Holy Conversation'' ( it, Sacra conversazione, also known as ''Titian Madonna and Child with Sts Catherine and Dominic and a Donor'') is an oil painting by the Italian late
Renaissance
The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history
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painter
Titian
Tiziano Vecelli or Vecellio (; 27 August 1576), known in English as Titian ( ), was an Italian (Venetian) painter of the Renaissance, considered the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, nea ...
, dated to around 1513, and now held at the
Fondazione Magnani-Rocca
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in
Traversetolo, near
Parma
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, northern
Italy
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.
The work was originally part of marquess Balbi's collection at
Genoa
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, hence the name. It is a work from the artist's youth, set in an open landscape, with some
Giorgione
Giorgione (, , ; born Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco; 1477–78 or 1473–74 – 17 September 1510) was an Italian painter of the Venetian school during the High Renaissance, who died in his thirties. He is known for the elusive poetic quali ...
influences but already some personal elements, such as the asymmetrical composition and the full figures.
See also
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List of works by Titian
This incomplete list of works by Titian contains representative portraits and mythological and religious works from a large oeuvre that spanned 70 years. (Titian left relatively few drawings.) Painting titles and dates often vary by source.
Lis ...
References
Sources
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External links
Page at museum website
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1513 paintings
Religious paintings by Titian
Paintings of the Madonna and Child
Paintings in the Magnani-Rocca Foundation