Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Salomè con la testa del Battista (Salome with the Head of John the Baptist) 1515 Oil on canvas, 90 x 72 cm Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Roma This early masterpiece by Titian, which illustrates the terrible biblical episode in a dark…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Salomè con la testa del Battista (Salome with the Head of John the Baptist) c.1550 Oil on canvas, 87 x 80 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Salome, an Edomite princess born of Herodias and the wife of Herod Philip…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto del Cardinale Pietro Bembo (Portrait of Cardinal Pietro Bembo) 1539–1540 Oil on canvas, 94.5 x 76.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Pietro Bembo (1470–1547) wears the red biretta and cape of a cardinal. At the time Titian painted…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) & Workshop Venere e il suonatore di liuto (Venus and the Lute Player) c.1565–1570 Oil on canvas, 165.1 x 209.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Venus, the goddess of love, interrupts her music making to be crowned…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto di cavaliere con orologio (Portrait of a Knight with a Clock) c.1550 Oil on canvas, 122 x 101 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The unknown subject of this portrait has been identified, inconclusively, as either Gianello della Torre,…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Elettore Giovanni Federico di Sassonia (Elector John Frederick of Saxony) c.1550–1551 Oil on canvas, 103.5 x 83 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna As one of the protagonists of the Schmalkaldic League, the Elector fought in the Battle of Mühlberg (1547)…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto di Isabella del Portogallo (Portrait of Isabella of Portugal) 1548 Oil on canvas, 117 cm x 98 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The portraits that Titian painted of Isabella (1503-1539), daughter of King Manuel of Portugal and wife…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto di Daniele Barbaro (Portrait of Daniele Barbaro) c.1545 Oil on canvas, 81 x 69 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Described by Lodovico Dolce as a gentleman of great merit and infinite goodness, Daniele Barbaro (1513-1570) was from a…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto di Alfonso D’Avalos, Marchese del Vasto (Portrait of Alfonso d’Avalos, Marquis of Vasto) 1533 Oil on canvas, 110 x 80 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles Portrait of Alfonso d’Avalos, Marchese del Vasto, in Armor with a Page He…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto di Carlo V con il cane (Portrait of Charles V with a Dog) 1533 Oil on canvas, 194 x 112.7 x 3.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The period between 1530 and 1533 was crucial for the formulation…