Who created "Madonna and Child"?

Madonna and Child was created by Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) in ca. 1508.

When was "Madonna and Child" created?

This artwork was created ca. 1508.

What medium is "Madonna and Child"?

Madonna and Child is Oil on wood.

Is "Madonna and Child" in the public domain?

Yes, Madonna and Child is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Madonna and Child

Titian (Tiziano Vecellio)

ca. 1508

Medium

Oil on wood

Dimensions

Overall 18 x 22 in. (45.7 x 55.9 cm); painted surface 17 x 21 1/2 in. (43.2 x 54.6 cm)

Classification

Paintings

Department

European Paintings

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Jules Bache Collection, 1949

Accession Number

49.7.15

Tags

Madonna and Child

Art Historical Context

Step into the intimate world of early Renaissance Venice with Titian’s *Madonna and Child (ca. 1508), a tender oil-on-wood panel from the Metropolitan Museum of’s Jules Bache Collection. At just 18 x 22 inches, small-scale devotional work captures the Virgin Mary cradling the Christ Child in a moment of quiet divinity, a motif central to Christian art that invited personal prayer in homes or chapels. Painted when Titian (Tiziano Vecellio, c. 1488–1576) was in his early twenties, this piece marks the dawn of his mastery as a Venetian High Renaissance leader. Influenced by predecessors like Gio...

Madonna and Child

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