Titian (circa 1488-1576)
Artist associated with 44 portraits
The greatest painter of sixteenth-century Venice. He was court painter to the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V. Titian was born at Pieve di Cadore in the Veneto. He was a pupil of Giovanni Bellini and worked in association with Giorgione from around 1507. His great early triumph was the Assumption of the Virgin in the Frari Church in Venice (1516-18). He had many patrons, ranging from the churches and government of Venice to the Roman Farnese family of Pope Paul III. He developed a highly personal style, characterised by varied and loose brushwork and subdued tonality, which was of great influence in later centuries. In old age, Titian mainly painted mythological scenes for Philip II.
after Titian
oil on panel, 1555
NPG 4175
possibly by Tobias Stimmer, after Titian
woodcut, circa 1540s-1570s
NPG D42368
probably by Richard Gaywood, after Wenceslaus Hollar, after Titian
etching, 1647 or after
NPG D9594
by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Titian
etching, 1649
NPG D9589
by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Titian
etching, 1650
NPG D9618
by John Smith, published by Alexander Browne, after Titian
mezzotint, circa 1684 (mid 1560s)
NPG D11455
by John Smith, published by Thomas Glass, after Titian
mezzotint, 1687
NPG D11724
'Loves of the Gods': Vulcan and Ceres
by John Smith, after Titian
mezzotint, 1708
NPG D11715
Frontispiece to 'Loves of the Gods'
by George Vertue, after Titian
engraving, 1708
NPG D11707
'Loves of the Gods': Mars and Venus
by John Smith, after Titian
mezzotint, 1708
NPG D11713
'Loves of the Gods': Neptune and Amphitrite
by John Smith, after Titian
mezzotint, 1708
NPG D11714
'Loves of the Gods': Cupid and Psyche
by John Smith, after Titian
mezzotint, 1708
NPG D11716
'Loves of the Gods': Hercules and Deianeira
by John Smith, after Titian
mezzotint, 1709
NPG D11711
'Loves of the Gods': Apollo and Daphne
by John Smith, after Titian
mezzotint, 1709
NPG D11708
'Loves of the Gods': Bacchus and Ariadne
by John Smith, after Titian
mezzotint, 1709
NPG D11709
'Loves of the Gods': Pluto and Proserpina
by John Smith, after Titian
mezzotint, 1709
NPG D11710
'Loves of the Gods': Jupiter, Juno and Io
by John Smith, after Titian
mezzotint, 1709
NPG D11712
'Loves of the Gods': Apollo and Daphne
by John Smith, after Titian
mezzotint, 1709
NPG D18964
by Richard Earlom, after Titian
mezzotint, mid 18th-early 19th century
NPG D24768
by George Vertue, after Titian
line engraving, 1735
NPG D24881
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