# St John the Almsgiver [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [TIZIANO Vecellio]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 264 x 148 cm ## Commentary The painting is the reassertion of the Christian principle of spontaneous, indiscriminate, private charity, by this time out of date in comparison with contemporary selective, bureaucratically administered assistance. \(Compare the painting with Lorenzo <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/l/lotto/1531-/05anthon.html'\)" href="/html/l/lotto/1531-/05anthon.html">Lotto's The Alms of St Anthony</A>!\) ## Related artworks - [A Knight of Malta]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Allegory of Time Governed by Prudence]() - [Angel of the Annunciation]() - [Annunciation]() - [Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle \(detail\)]() - [Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle]() - [Assumption of the Virgin \(detail\)]() - [Assumption of the Virgin \(detail\)]() - [Assumption of the Virgin \(detail\)]() - [Assumption of the Virgin \(detail\)]() - [Assumption of the Virgin]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()