| The Bache Madonna | |
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| Artist | Titian |
| Completion date | c. 1508 |
| Type | Painting |
| Medium | Oil on panel |
| Dimensions | 46 cm × 56 cm (18 in × 22 in) |
| Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art,New York |
| Accession | 49.7.15 |
TheBache Madonna orMadonna and Child is an oil painting on wood byTitian, dating toc. 1508 and belonging to his juvenile period, when he was still strongly influenced byGiorgione.[1]
Investigation has suggested that the artist first posed the figures sitting erect in the center of the composition, in the manner ofGiovanni Bellini. However, the final pose is more informal, emphasising the tender bond between the mother and her child.
Past cleaning has caused the picture to lose some definition.
Its first recorded owner was Jean de Jullienne in Paris around 1756. It was later acquired byBrownlow Cecil, 9th Earl of Exeter, in whose family collection it remained until 1888. It then passed through several private collections before being acquired in 1928 byJules Bache, after whom it is named. After his death it was acquired by theMetropolitan Museum of Art inNew York in 1949, where it now resides.
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