List of famous Titian paintings, listed alphabetically with pictures of the art when available. A celebrated artist around the world, Titian has created some of the most historic paintings of all time. These popular Titian paintings fetch insane amounts of money at art auctions, so if you want to buy one then start saving your money now. Going to museums can be expensive and time consuming, so scroll through this list to see paintings that Titian created from the comfort of your own home. You can find additional information for these renowned Titian paintings by clicking the names of the pieces.
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The Allegory of Prudence is an oil painting attributed to the Italian artist Titian and his assistants. It is in the National Gallery, London.
The painting portrays three human heads, each facing in a different direction, above three animal heads, depicting a wolf, a lion and a dog. The painting is usually interpreted as operating on a number of levels. At the first level, the different ages of the three human heads represent the "Three Ages of Man". The different directions in which they are facing reflect a second, wider concept of Time itself as having a past, present and future. This theme is repeated in the animal heads which, according to some traditions, are associated with those...
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Bacchus and Ariadne is an oil painting by Titian. It is one of a cycle of paintings on mythological subjects produced for Alfonso d'Este, the Duke of Ferrara, for the Camerino d'Alabastro – a private room in his palazzo in Ferrara decorated with paintings based on classical texts. An advance payment was given to Raphael, who originally held the commission for the subject of a Triumph of Bacchus. At the time of Raphael's death in 1520, only a preliminary drawing was completed and the commission was then handed to Titian. In the case of Bacchus and Ariadne, the subject matter was derived from the Roman poets Catullus and Ovid. The painting, considered one of Titian's greatest works, now hangs...
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Artist: Titian
Subject: Ariadne, Dionysus
Genres (Art): History painting
Art Form: Painting
Period / Movement: Italian Renaissance, Renaissance
Diana and Actaeon is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Titian, finished in 1556–1559, and is considered amongst Titian's greatest works. It portrays the moment in which the goddess Diana meets Actaeon. Diana is the woman on the right side of the painting. She is wearing a crown with a crescent moon on it and is being covered by the dark skinned woman who may be her servant or slave. In 2008–2009, the National Gallery, London and National Gallery of Scotland successfully campaigned to acquire the painting from the Bridgewater Collection for £50 million. As a result, Diana and Actaeon will remain on display in the UK, and will alternate between the two galleries on five-year terms....
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Artist: Titian
Subject: Diana, Actaeon
Genres (Art): History painting
Art Form: Painting
Period / Movement: Italian Renaissance, Renaissance
The Portrait of the Vendramin Family is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Titian, executed around 1543–1547. It presently hangs in the National Gallery in London.
The canvas was commissioned by the noble Vendramin family, and portrays, as dictated by Venetian custom, only male members of the dynasty. It includes the brothers Andrea and Gabriele Vendramin, and Andrea's seven sons. However Andrea was apparently only three years older than Gabriele, which one would not think from the two figures here. It remains uncertain which depicted by Vittore Carpaccio, Gentile Bellini and other artists in a series of paintings for the Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista. When...
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