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.
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
stipple engraving, published 1823
NPG D24776
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
chromolithograph, published 1913
NPG D38986
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