On-line gallery
- Reference number
- P00288
- Author
- Titian, Vecellio di Gregorio (Italian)
- Title
- The Virgin and Child between Saint Anthony of Padua and Saint Roque
- Chronology
- Ca. 1510
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 92 cm x 133 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- Yes
- Entrance
- COLECCION REAL
- Procedence
- Royal Collection
The Virgin Mary holds the Christ
Child on her lap, flanked on our
left by Saint Anthony of Padua and
on our right, by Saint Roque, in a
Sacra Conversazione. In front of
them, on the ground, lie a book and
a spray of lilies, which always
accompany Saint Anthony. The
backdrop hanging behind the Virgin
is a decorative element Titian
learned from Giorgione.
Titian met Giorgione in 1507 and,
from then until the latter died in
1510, Titian assimilated his
technique of directly applying
paint without preliminary drawing
to such an extent that their works
from those years can hardly be told
apart.
The present painting was
traditionally attributed to
Giorgione, although it is now
considered an early Titian because
of its similarity to other works by
him from that same period. While
its exact date is unknown, it
should be from earlier than 1511,
when part of the figure of the
Virgin was copied by Domenico
Mancini.
This work was in the Monastery of
El Escorial in 1657 and entered the
Prado Museum Collection in 1839.
Location on the map
