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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’.
Bellini’s Feast of the Gods (National Gallery of Art, Washington) for this room is dated 1514 and was later reworked by Titian, after he had finished his three paintings – The Worship of Venus (Prado, Madrid), Bacchus and Ariadne and the Bacchanal of the Andrians (Prado, Madrid) were painted 1518–25.
More paintings by Titian. (Showing 6 of 20 works) View all. Titian, Diana and Actaeon, 1556-9. Read about this painting, learn the key facts and zoom in to discover more.
Annibale Carracci, Venus Adorned by the Graces, 1590/1595, oil on panel transferred to canvas, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1961.9.9. Venus with a Mirror (1555) was one of Titian’s most popular compositions, inspiring 15 copies and variants by the artist and his assistants. This is the original, which remained in the artist’s studio until ...
Oct 9, 2023 · Masterpiece Story: Bacchus and Ariadne by Titian. James W Singer 9 October 202310 min Read. Titian, Bacchus and Ariadne, 1520-1523, The National Gallery, London, UK. Detail. Titian’s Bacchus and Ariadne captures the vibrancy of a Greco-Roman myth through the lens of an Italian Renaissance painter. Learn about the beautiful mythical love story ...
Sir Joshua Reynolds. The National Galleries of Scotland, in partnership with the National Gallery, London, recently acquired two of Titian’s most celebrated mythological paintings, Diana and Actaeon and Diana and Callisto (in 2009 and 2012 respectively). Painted between 1556 and 1559 for King Philip II of Spain, these hugely important and ...
