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</script></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td id="illudesccontainer"> <div class="illudescbox"><p>The <em>sacred conversation</em> is an old subject in art. It shows Mary with child, accompanied by a few other persons. Originally these would be saints. Later the patrons would have themselves depicted, an early form of portrait painting.</p> <p>Titian still showed saints. In this work they are Catherine of Alexandria and Luke the Evangelist.</p></div><div class="illudescbox"> <p>Members of Titian's Venice workshop probably painted the curtain and Luke. Experts think so because of the lower quality of those parts.</p> <p>The canvas is up for sale. 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