Madonna and Child, ca. 1508, Oil on wood, Overall 18 x 22 in. (45. 7 x 55. 9 cm) ; painted surface 17 x 21 1/2 in. (43. 2 x 54. 6 cm), Paintings, Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian, Pieve di Cadore ca. 1485/90? ?1576 Venice), This is among the earliest devotional paintings of the Madonna and Child by Titian, dating to about 1508. Technical study has revealed that the artist first posed the figures sitting erect and in the center of the canvas, a composition closer to those by Giovanni Bellini