The Tribute Money (Titian)

Cristo della moneta
Artist Titian
Year c. 1516[1]
Type oil on panel
Dimensions 75 cm × 56 cm (30 in × 22 in)
Location Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden

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..."[2][3] 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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Notes

  1. "Der Zinsgroschen". Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  2. Phillips, Claude. The Earlier Work of Titian. p. 46.
  3. Art and the Bible

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