'Noli me Tangere' by Titian - Magdalene meeting Christ after the Resurrection.

'Noli me Tangere' is one of the earliest paintings of Titian, an Italian artist in the 16th century.

Titian or Tiziano Vecelli (c. 1488/90 – 27 August 1576) was born in Pieve di Cadore, a small town at the foot of the Dolomites on the Venetian side of the Alps.

Titian was known as the greatest painter of 16th-century Venice. Many different styles of paintings were experimented by Titian during his long career.

The 'Noli me Tangere' was painted around 1514. The painting depicts Magdalen meeting Christ after the Resurrection.

Noli me Tangere is Latin, meaning ‘touch me not’ in English.

According to Maurice Zundel (1897–1975), the painting can be interpreted as follows.
When Jesus asks Mary Magdalene not to touch him, he indicates that once the resurrection is accomplished, the link between human beings and his person must no longer be physical, but must be a bond of heart to heart.

Maurice said, “He must establish this gap, she must understand that the only possible way is faith, that the hands cannot reach the person and that it is from within, from within only, that the we can approach Him."

Let’s join Curator Antonio Mazzottain of the National Gallery, London, to understand why viewers have been attracted over the centuries by the reality of Titian’s landscapes in the painting and how he broke the mold by fusing landscapes with human figures.