Sacred Conversation (Bellini, Madrid, 1505–1510) Explained

Sacred Conversation
Other Language 1:la
Other Title 1:Nunc Dimittis
Artist:Giovanni Bellini
Medium:oil on panel
Year:c. 1505–1510
Height Metric:62
Width Metric:83
Museum:Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
City:Madrid

Nunc Dimittis or Sacred Conversation is an oil-on-panel painting created ca. 1505–1510 by the Italian Renaissance master Giovanni Bellini. It measures 62 cm by 83 cm and is now in the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid. It belongs to the sacra conversazione genre and shows Anna and Simeon with the Madonna and Child.[1]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.museothyssen.org/coleccion/artistas/bellini-giovanni/asunto-mistico-nunc-dimittis Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza