TitianItalian, 1490–1576Aldobrandini Madonna
May one see it?
Unknown: the museum keeps its counsel
The National Gallery
London, United Kingdom
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
- In this state since
- Sep 29, 2026
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
About the painting
The Aldobrandini Madonna (also known as The Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John and a Female Saint or Donor or The Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John and Saint Catherine) is an oil painting on canvas by Titian, dating to c. 1530. It is held in the National Gallery, in London. There are studio copies in the Galleria Palatina, in Florence, and in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, in Vienna.
Particulars
- Accession number
- NG635
Sources
- Wikidata · fetched 3 days ago
- Image: The National Gallery — Titian · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Meanwhile, in the life of Titian
The whole lifeAugust 1530
The death of his wife Cecilia
In August 1530 Titian's wife Cecilia died. He remarried, but little information is known about his second wife; she was possibly the mother of his daughter Lavinia.
6 August 1530
Daughter born: Lavinia Vecellio
1530–1539
The young Tintoretto in Titian's workshop
According to Tom Nichols, the very young Tintoretto, brought to Titian's studio by his father, probably entered the workshop between 1530 and 1539, but only for a very brief time. According to Ridolfi, after being cast out of the studio he resolved to become a painter by studying the canvases of Titian and the reliefs of Michelangelo, and wrote on his wall the motto “Michelangelo's design and Titian's colour”.
1531
A new house in Biri Grande
In 1531 Titian moved his two sons and infant daughter to a new house on the northern edge of Venice, in Biri Grande, with a workshop separated from the rest of the house, a private garden where he could air-dry and hide his paintings, and direct access to the lagoon for shipping them to patrons. His sister Orsa came from Pieve di Cadore to help manage the household and his business affairs.
1533
Bologna: Count Palatine and Knight of the Golden Spur
In 1533, after painting a portrait of Emperor Charles V in Bologna, Titian was made a Count Palatine and Knight of the Golden Spur; his children were reportedly also made nobles of the Empire. He was court painter to Charles V from 1533 and received from him a heavy gold chain.
1534
His father dies
Titian's father died in 1534.
