[1] Frizzoni proposed identifying this Madonna with the one mentioned in 1532 by Marcantonio Michiel in the Venetian house of Andrea Odoni (subject of a portrait by Lotto), while Tietze thought it was one of three paintings commissioned from Titian by Federico Gonzaga in 1530.

He is offered to the kiss of Saint Catherine of Alexandria (identified by comparison with other works such as the Madonna of the Rabbit, not by the presence of attributes).

Further to the left is Saint John the Baptist offering to Mary flowers and fruit.

In this case, the interweaving of movements gives the altarpiece a strong compositional unity and the coloristic concert is remarkable, although tarnished by a cleaning too drastic.

Noteworthy is the charm of the chosen colors and the sensitivity towards the landscape, with the brushstroke style becoming more cursive and "modern" as it moves away from the foreground.