TitianItalian, 1490–1576Madonna and Child
Can I see it?
Yes, on view now
Where is “Madonna and Child” now? The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gallery 608, New York. Yes, on view now. Checked September 29, 2026.
New York, United States
On public display.
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- Source
- The museum
About the painting
The Bache Madonna or Madonna and Child is an oil painting on wood by Titian, dating to c. 1508 and belonging to his juvenile period, when he was still strongly influenced by Giorgione.
Investigation has suggested that the artist first posed the figures sitting erect in the center of the composition, in the manner of Giovanni Bellini. However, the final pose is more informal, emphasising the tender bond between the mother and her child.
Past cleaning has caused the picture to lose some definition.
Details
- Accession number
- 49.7.15
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Open Access (CC0)
In the life of Titian
The whole life1500s
Venetian contemporaries: Lotto, del Piombo, Giorgione
In Venice Titian got to know many artists, among them Lorenzo Lotto and Sebastiano del Piombo. Close, even friendly relations developed between him and Giorgione, who also studied in Bellini's workshop.
1507
After Gentile Bellini's death, an apprentice of Giovanni
According to Dolce, after Gentile Bellini's death in 1507 Titian entered an apprenticeship with Gentile's younger brother Giovanni, acknowledged by contemporaries as the preeminent Venetian painter of the day.
early 1508
Titian's father fights at Valle
In early 1508 Titian's father Gregorio fought with the victorious forces of Bartolomeo d'Alviano at Valle against the armies of Emperor Maximilian I.
1510
Giorgione dies; Titian finishes his paintings
In 1510 the plague raging in Venice took the life of Giorgione. Titian finished the pictures his friend had left incomplete, for example the “Sleeping Venus” and the “Pastoral Concert”, and, as is generally accepted, emerged from his shadow only after this death.
