Titian designed this painting as a screen for the silver reredos (altar backing) of the high altar of Venice’s San Salvador Church. On feast days, the painting would be raised on a pulley to reveal the reredos.
Titian designed this painting as a screen for the silver reredos (altar backing) of the high altar of Venice’s San Salvador Church. On feast days, the painting would be raised on a pulley to reveal the reredos.