The ''Miracle of the Jealous Husband'' is a fresco by the Italian Renaissance master

Titian Tiziano Vecellio (; 27 August 1576), Latinized as Titianus, hence known in English as Titian ( ), was an Italian Renaissance painter, the most important artist of Renaissance Venetian painting. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, near Belluno. Ti ...

, executed in 1511 as part of the decoration of the

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, northern Italy. It portrays a man stabbing his wife after she has been unjustly accused of adultery. When the man discovers the truth, he begs for pardon to St. Anthony, who resuscitates the woman (this scene is portrayed in smaller size on the right). The idyllic background is inspired by

Giorgione Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco (; 1470s – 17 September 1510), known as Giorgione, was an Italian painter of the Venetian school during the High Renaissance, who died in his thirties. He is known for the elusive poetic quality of his work, ...

's paintings. The young Titian described the volume of the wife's raised arm, in the center of the action, by actually sculpting it in relief rather than describing it illusionistically.*

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, "Titian, The Miracle of the Jealous Husband, 1511", in ''New Findings in Titian's Fresco Technique at the Scuola del Santo in Padua'', ''The Art Bulletin''; March 1999, Volume LXXXI Number 1.

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, "Titian, The Miracle of the Jealous Husband, 1511", in ''New Findings in Titian's Fresco Technique at the Scuola del Santo in Padua'', ''The Art Bulletin''; March 1999, Volume LXXXI Number 1. 1511 paintings Religious paintings by Titian Paintings in Padua {{1510s-painting-stub

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