Year c. 1516 Artist Titian Created 1516 Support Canvas | Medium oil on panel Media Paint Genre Christian art | |
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Dimensions 75 cm × 56 cm (30 in × 22 in) Location Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden Periods Italian Renaissance, High Renaissance, Renaissance, Venetian school Similar Titian artwork, Artwork at Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Renaissance artwork | ||
The Tribute Money (Italian: Cristo della moneta - literally Christ of the coin) is a c. 1516 oil painting by Titian, now held at the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden. It is signed "Ticianus F.[ecit]", painted on the trim of the Pharisee's collar. It depicts Christ and a Pharisee at the moment in the Gospels (Matthew 22:15-22, Mark 12:13-17, Luke 20:20-26) when Christ is shown a coin and says "Render unto Caesar..." Giorgio Vasari thought the head of Christ the 'most stupendous and miraculous' thing painted by Titian and that all artists at the time believed it to be an insuperable achievement.
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