St. Mark Enthroned with Saints
Titian (1490 – 1576)
Tiziano Vecellio : Le titan vénitien ! Maître de la couleur et révolutionnaire de la peinture italienne avec ses œuvres emblématiques comme Venise et les Éléphants.
St. Mark Enthroned is a painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Titian, executed in 1510 or 1511, and housed in the church of Santa Maria della Salute in Venice, Italy. The painting was commissioned as an ex voto for the plague which was in Venice at the time. It features St. Roch and St. Sebastian on the right, protectors against the disease, and, on the left, Saints Cosmas and Damian, whose role as doctors enhances the protection. St. Mark is portrayed on a throne, as a symbole of Venice surrounded by the protector saints.
À propos de cette œuvre
- Titre: St. Mark Enthroned with Saints
- Artiste: Titian
- Format: Portrait
- Statut du droit d'auteur: Domaine public
- Mouvement: High Renaissance
- Palette de couleurs: Earthy
- Teinte de couleur: Ochre to Sepia