Madonna of the Cherries
by TIZIANO Vecellio, Oil on wood, transferred to canvas, 81 x 100 cm
In this half-length picture of the Madonna, Titian was still keeping entirely to a pictorial idiom typical of Giovanni Bellini. St Joseph is on the left, and Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist, on the right of the Madonna. John, depicted as a naked boy, is giving the Madonna the cherries that give the painting its name.