The interest penny (Titian)
The Zinsgroschen is an oil painting by Tiziano Vecellio from around 1516. It is in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden .
description
The painting is 75 cm × 56 cm in size. Christ is shown with a Pharisee . It illustrates the dialogue of the interest penny according to Mt 22 : 15–22 LUT , in which Jesus answers the trick question whether the Jews should pay taxes to the Roman emperor: Give the emperor what is the emperor's and God what is God's.
history
Titian made the painting for Duke Alfonso I d'Este of Ferrara. The wooden panel is said to have been set into a cupboard in the Duke's study.
In 1597 the painting came to Modena after the death of the last Duke of Ferrara . From there it was bought by King August III in 1745 . of Poland for its collection.
literature
- Josephine Klingebeil: Titian's Interest Dime for Alfonso d'Este: The Dimensions of an Oil Painting from the 16th Century. Verlag Diplomica, 2014. ( online )
Web links
- The Interest Dime Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister Dresden
- Tizian's Zinsgroschen seminar paper by Josephine Klingebeil, 2006
Remarks
- ↑ The Zinsgroschen album of the Dresden gallery