Czére Andrea szerk.: A Szépművészeti Múzeum közleményei 105. (Budapest, 2006)

ANNUAL REPORT - A 2006. ÉV - VILMOS TÁTRAI: Titian and the Venetian Madonna

It TITIAN. THE VIRGIN AND CHILD WITH THE INFANT SAINT JOHN AND SAINT CATHERINE. LONDON. NATIONAL G AI LERY the heritage of Giorgione and has an impressive effect on the beholder. This work, The Virgin and Child zvith Infant Saint John and Saint Catharine, of loose compositional style and bucolic in its character was lent for the exhibition by the National Gallery in London. The two Titian paintings were placed on two separate display panels and thirteen other works were organized around them. The paintings were selected in order to provide a better understanding of Titian's artistic innovations and with aim of highlighting some characteristics of Venetian Madonna portrayals and donátor representations. The organisers also wished to call attention to the pictorial versions of the Sacra Conversazione, typically linked to Venice. The several stages in the formation of the Sacra Cotiversazione iconography were represented by the works of Vincenzo Catena, a follower of Bellini, Palma Vecchio, Tiziano's contemporary and a follower of Titian Polidoro da Lanciano, together with the paintings of Scarsella from Ferrara who studied in Venice, and finally by an anonymous master with a highly individual style. At the same time this collection of works provided an opportunity to show the extraordinary artistic qualities of the London Titian. The Aladonna paintings by Lambert Sustris, Girolamo Romanino and Lorenzo Lotto illustrated that some Venetian painters and artists