Titian
(circa 1488-1576), ArtistArtist 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.
'Loves of the Gods': Bacchus and Ariadne
by John Smith, after Titian
mezzotint, 1709
NPG D18968
by Richard Earlom, after Titian
mezzotint, mid 18th-early 19th century
NPG D24768
by George Vertue, after Titian
line engraving, 1735
NPG D24881
by James William Giles, after Titian
lithograph, early 19th century
NPG D27402
by Henry Bone, after Titian
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, July 1801 (circa 1525)
NPG D17499
by Henry Bone, probably after Guy Head, after Titian
pencil, pen and ink, 1802 (1545-1546)
NPG D17415
by Henry Bone, probably after Guy Head, after Titian
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, 1802 (1538)
NPG D17416
Judith with the head of Holofernes
by Henry Bone, after Titian
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, October 1803
NPG D17421
by Henry Bone, possibly after Titian
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, 1808
NPG D17463
by Henry Bone, possibly after Titian
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, March 1809
NPG D17404
by Henry Bone, after Unknown artist, after Titian
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, July 1809 (1536-1539)
NPG D17498
Pope Paul III (Alessandro Farnese)
by Henry Bone, after Titian
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, April 1810 (1543)
NPG D17423
by Henry Bone, after Titian
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, 1810
NPG D17456
Pope Julius II (Giuliano della Rovere)
by Henry Bone, after Titian
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, July 1811 (1511)
NPG D17424
by Henry Bone, after Titian
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, 1811 (1520-1523)
NPG D17428
by Henry Bone, possibly after Titian
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, August 1811
NPG D17444
by Henry Bone, after Titian
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, September 1812
NPG D17406
by Henry Bone, after Titian
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, July 1812 (circa 1523-1525)
NPG D17485
Madonna and Child with St John
by Henry Bone, after Titian
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, July 1812
NPG D17486
by James Walker, published by Hurst, Robinson & Co, after Titian
mezzotint, published 25 April 1819
NPG D14485
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