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Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) was born in Pieve di Cadore, a small town at the foot of the Dolomites on the Venetian side of the Alps. The Vecellios had been based in Cadore since the 14th century. Titian’s father, Gregorio, was a military man. His older brother Francesco was also a painter.
Mar 16, 2020 · Location: Level 2. Titian’s sensuous interpretation of Classical myths of love, temptation, and punishment. In 1551, Prince Philip of Spain, the future King Philip II, commissioned Titian, the most famous painter in Europe, to produce a group of paintings showing Classical myths primarily taken from the Roman poet Ovid’s ‘Metamorphoses’.
The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. Founded in 1824, in it houses a collection of more than 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. [note 1] The current director of the National Gallery is Gabriele Finaldi . The National Gallery is an exempt charity ...
- 1824; 199 years ago current location since 1838
- Gabriele Finaldi
- 2,727,119 (2022)
Mar 18, 2020 · Diana and Actaeon, Titian 1556-9 The National Gallery, London It’s a picture that questions the ethics of looking – which, by extension, makes the viewer question their own gaze. For astounding artistry, stories that pack a punch and, most of all, images that make you think, Titian’s poesie can’t be beaten.
- Francesca Carington
The National Gallery found its beginnings in Angerstein’s London townhouse at 100 Pall Mall. It soon became apparent that the paintings would need to be moved to a more substantial location and it was agreed that a new building should be constructed for the national collection. The completed building at Trafalgar Square, designed by the ...
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Acquisition credit Bought with a special grant and contributions from Samuel Courtauld, Sir Joseph Duveen, the Art Fund and the Phillips Fund, 1929. This is Titian’s largest group portrait. The man in a red robe is probably Gabriel Vendramin (1484–1552). The man holding the altar may be Gabriel ...
