Year 1510 or 1511 Artist Titian Created 1510 Genre Christian art | Medium Oil on panel Location Santa Maria della Salute Period High Renaissance | |
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Dimensions 218 cm × 149 cm (86 in × 59 in) Similar Titian artwork, High Renaissance artwork, Christian art | ||
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.
Overview
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.
References
St. Mark Enthroned Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA