Pesaro Madonna Self-researched

Artist: Titian
Location: Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1519-1526

Biblical Context

Madonna and Child - The Virgin Mary with the infant Jesus.

Located in the left nave, this revolutionary painting places the Madonna and Child dramatically off-center to the upper right rather than in the physical center. Commissioned by Bishop Jacopo Pesaro, this asymmetrical arrangement was highly innovative and influenced religious painting for generations.