Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata
Titian
c. 1530
Medium
woodcut on laid paper
Dimensions
block: 29.5 x 43.4 cm (11 5/8 x 17 1/16 in.) sheet: 29.8 x 43.7 cm (11 3/4 x 17 3/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
2005.14.1
About the Artist
Titian · 1483–1576
Tiziano Vecellio (c. 1488-1576), known as Titian, was the greatest painter of the 16th-century Venetian school and one of the most influential artists in Western art history. Born in Pieve di Cadore in the Venetian Republic, Titian revolutionized painting through his innovative use of color, expressive brushwork, and mastery of oil technique. Trained in Giovanni Bellini's workshop alongside Giorgi...