Balbi Holy Conversation Explained

Balbi Holy Conversation
Artist:Titian
Year:1513[1]
Medium:Oil on canvas
Height Metric:137
Width Metric:184
City:Traversetolo
Museum:Fondazione Magnani-Rocca

Balbi Holy Conversation (Italian: Sacra conversazione, also known as Titian Madonna and Child with Sts Catherine and Dominic and a Donor) is an oil painting by the Italian late Renaissance painter Titian, dated to around 1513, and now held at the Fondazione Magnani-Rocca in Traversetolo, near Parma, northern Italy.

The work was originally part of marquess Balbi's collection at Genoa, hence the name. It is a work from the artist's youth, set in an open landscape, with some Giorgione influences but already some personal elements, such as the asymmetrical composition and the full figures.

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  1. Web site: Sacra conversazione. Fondazione Magnani Rocca. Italian. 29 November 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120330212704/http://www.magnanirocca.it/magnanirocca/villa-visita-museo-tiziano-PART1.html. 2012-03-30. dead.