| Virgin and Child with St John the Baptist and an Unidentified Saint | |
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| Artist | Titian |
| Year | c. 1515–1520 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas, from panel |
| Dimensions | 62.7 cm × 93 cm (24.7 in × 37 in) |
| Location | Scottish National Gallery |
| Accession | NGL 061.46 |
The Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist and an Unidentified Saint, also called the Virgin with Saint John the Baptist, adored by a Donor, is a religious painting by Titian, dated to between 1515 and 1520, which is currently on loan to the Scottish National Gallery. [1] [2]
Analysis
The picture has been called Palmesque, and Crowe and Cavalcaselle give it in their list of pictures ascribed to that painter. [2] Morelli already acknowledged it as a genuine work by Titian in the late nineteenth century. [2] According to Gronau, the picture is also very Giorgionesque, and therefore probably painted about 1510 to 1512, at about the same date as the Three Ages of Life. [2] The Scottish National Gallery puts the date slightly later, about 1515 to 1520. [1] It was originally a panel painting, but has been transferred to canvas. [1]
A replica, with Saint Catherine and Saint Jerome, by a pupil of Titian, is mentioned by Gronau in the Glasgow Corporation Galleries (no. 484) in 1904. [2]
Provenance
- Earl of Ellesmere, Bridgewater House, Westminster. [2] [3]
- Scottish National Gallery ( Bridgewater Collection Loan). [1]
See also
References
Sources
- Gronau, Georg (1904). Titian. London: Duckworth and Co; New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 281.
- Ricketts, Charles (1910). Titian. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. pp. 177, plate xx.
- "The Virgin and Child with St John the Baptist and an Unidentified Saint". National Galleries Scotland. Retrieved 7 March 2023.