Renaissance paintings master titian take $16.9 million

Recently, the Italian Renaissance later "Venice" school representative painter titian (Tiziano Vecellio) a painting works in New York auction, to $16.9 million (111 million yuan), purchased at auction in titian works auction price ceiling.
This picture has 450 years of history, is called the sacred dialogue: mother and baby and st Luke, st Catherine "paintings sotheby's in New York show to the public, by a European buyers through the phone.
This painting broke the previous titian's another painting in 1991 in London Christie's auction, write down the highest record $11.9 million.
Sotheby's said, this picture "holy dialogue" oil painting wholesale is titian in 1560 or so to complete. Over the past 450 years, the picture has changed hands only 6 times, the past 30 years have not publicly display. The sacred dialogue "is titian a few picture is one of the private collection of works.