But on the three men rising and making the sign of the cross, the vessel instantly vanished.

The fisherman thus knew that his passengers were S.Mark, S.George, and S.Nicholas.

S.Mark gave him a ring in token of their sanctity and the deliverance of Venice, and this, in the picture, he is handing to the Doge.
Here, too, is the last picture that Titian painted--a "Deposition".

It was intended for the aged artist's tomb in the Frari, but that purpose was not fulfilled.

Palma the younger finished it.