Titian (Tiziano Vecellio)
Italian Artist · 1489–1576
7 works across 2 collections on LinkedCulture
A biographer related a telling story about Titian: Emperor Charles V once picked up a brush for him, to which Titian responded, "Sire, I am not worthy of such a servant." The Emperor replied, "Titian is worthy to be served by Caesar." Only Michelangelo's closeness with the popes compares. Legend suggests that at age nine Titian began training in Venice. He studied with Bellini, but Giorgione's inf
Works
View as IIIF ↗Alfonso d'Este (1486–1534), Duke of Ferrara
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Nude Man Carrying a Rudder on His Shoulder
Getty Museum · about 1555–1556
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Pastoral Scene
Getty Museum · about 1565
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Portrait of Alfonso d'Avalos, Marchese del Vasto, in Armor with a Page
Getty Museum · probably January–February 1533
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The Penitent Magdalene
Getty Museum · 1555–1565
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The Submersion of Pharoah's Army in the Red Sea, from twelve blocks: 'Block I, below Block H', showing the sea and a dog defecating
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1514–15 (published 1549)
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Venus and Adonis
Getty Museum · about 1555–1560
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