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Titian

(circa 1488-1576), Artist

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.

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Diana and Actaeon, by Henry Bone, after  Titian - NPG D17509

Diana and Actaeon

by Henry Bone, after Titian
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, September 1821 (1556-1559)
NPG D17509

François I (Francis I), King of France, by J.T. Wedgwood, after  Titian - NPG D24776

François I (Francis I), King of France

by J.T. Wedgwood, after Titian
stipple engraving, published 1823
NPG D24776

Diana and Callisto, by Henry Bone, after  Titian - NPG D17512

Diana and Callisto

by Henry Bone, after Titian
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, before 1832 (1556-1559)
NPG D17512

Unknown sitter formerly known as Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, published by The Medici Society Ltd, after  Titian - NPG D38986

Unknown sitter formerly known as Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk

published by The Medici Society Ltd, after Titian
chromolithograph, published 1913
NPG D38986

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