Balbi Holy Conversation [SEP] collection
Balbi Holy Conversation
Balbi Holy Conversation (, 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
Holy Family with a Shepherd
Holy Family with a Shepherd is a c.1510 painting by Titian, now in the National Gallery, London. It has also previously been attributed to Paris Bordone. It has previously been dated to around 1516 due to its colouring's similarities to the Balbi Holy Conversation of c.1516 . The c.1510 date, based on the similarity of its figure of Saint Joseph to that of "St. Mark Enthroned", is now more widely accepted. It shows Titian still under the influences of Giorgione and Giovanni Bellini,