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Titian
Italian High Renaissance Painter, ca.1485-1576
Italian painter active in Venice. As a young man he was taught by the Bellini family and worked closely with Giorgione. His early works are so similar in style to Giorgione's as to be indistinguishable, but soon after Giorgione's early death Titian established himself as the leading painter of the Republic of Venice. Among his most important religious paintings is the revolutionary and monumental Assumption (1516 ?C 18) for Santa Maria dei Frari, in which the Virgin ascends to heaven in a blaze of colour accompanied by a semicircle of angels. Titian was also interested in mythological themes, and his many depictions of Venus display his work's sheer beauty and inherent eroticism. Bacchus and Ariadne (1520 ?C 23), with its pagan abandon, is one of the greatest works of Renaissance art. Titian was sought after for his psychologically penetrating portraits, which include portrayals of leading Italian aristocrats, religious figures, and Emperor Charles V. He reached the height of his powers in The Rape of Europa (c. 1559 ?C 62), one of several paintings done for Philip II of Spain. He was recognized as supremely gifted in his lifetime, and his reputation has never declined.
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Painting ID:: 20115
Concert Champetre(The Pastoral Concert) (mk05)
1510/11
Canvas 41 1/4 x 54''(105 x 137 cm)May have been painted with an associate Perhaps from the collection of the Earl of Arundel;acquired by Louis XIV from Eberhard Jabach in 1671 entered the Louvre in 1671
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Painting ID:: 20116
The Man with the Glove (mk05)
Canvas 39 1/4 x 35''(100 x 89 cm).Collections of the Gonzagas(Mantua) and Charles I;acquired from Eberhard Jabach by Louis XIV in 1671
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Painting ID:: 20119
An Allegory (mk05)
Perhaps of Marriage with Vesta and Hymen as Protectors and Advisers of the Union of Venus and Mars
Canvas,47 1/2 x 42 1/4''(121 x 107 cm)collection of Charles I;acquired by Louis XIV from Eberhard Jabach in 1662
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Painting ID:: 20120
A Woman at Her Toilet (mk05)
Canvas 36 1/2 x 30''(93 x 76 cm)Probably an allegory of Vanity.Collection of the Gonzagas(Mantua)and Charles Iof England;acquired by Louis XIv from Eberhard Jabach in 1662
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Painting ID:: 20122
The Pardo Venus (mk05)
Canvas,77 1/4 x 151 1/2''(196 x 385 cm)Collections of Philip II of Spain and Charles Iof England;acquired by Louis Xiv from the heirs of Cardinal Mazarin in 1661
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Titian
Italian High Renaissance Painter, ca.1485-1576
Italian painter active in Venice. As a young man he was taught by the Bellini family and worked closely with Giorgione. His early works are so similar in style to Giorgione's as to be indistinguishable, but soon after Giorgione's early death Titian established himself as the leading painter of the Republic of Venice. Among his most important religious paintings is the revolutionary and monumental Assumption (1516 ?C 18) for Santa Maria dei Frari, in which the Virgin ascends to heaven in a blaze of colour accompanied by a semicircle of angels. Titian was also interested in mythological themes, and his many depictions of Venus display his work's sheer beauty and inherent eroticism. Bacchus and Ariadne (1520 ?C 23), with its pagan abandon, is one of the greatest works of Renaissance art. Titian was sought after for his psychologically penetrating portraits, which include portrayals of leading Italian aristocrats, religious figures, and Emperor Charles V. He reached the height of his powers in The Rape of Europa (c. 1559 ?C 62), one of several paintings done for Philip II of Spain. He was recognized as supremely gifted in his lifetime, and his reputation has never declined.
. Related Artists to Titian: | Giuseppe Nuvolone | holger drachmann | Anton Raphael Mengs | Jan van der Heyden | William Strang |
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