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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:: 91535
The Venus of Urbino
Oil on canvas, 119 x 165 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Date before 1538(1538)
Dimensions Height: 119 cm (46.9 in). Width: 165 cm (65 in).
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Painting ID:: 91682
Assumption of the Virgin
between 1516(1516) and 1518(1518)
Medium oil on panel
Dimensions Height: 690 cm (271.7 in). Width: 360 cm (141.7 in).
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Painting ID:: 91683
Duchess of Urbino
between 1545(1545) and 1547(1547)
Medium oil on panel
Dimensions Height: 114 cm (44.9 in). Width: 88 cm (34.6 in).
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Painting ID:: 91722
Venus and Adonis
Oil on canvas; 42 x 52 1/2 in. (106.7 x 133.4 cm)
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Painting ID:: 92426
Mary of Hungary, Regent of the Netherlands
between 1550(1550) and 1560(1560)
Medium oil on panel
Dimensions Ø 9 cm (3.543 in)
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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: | BENING, Simon | michael pacher | Bonaventura Peeters | Frances Hudson Storrs | Charles Muller |
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