Description
Tiziano Vecelli
Tiziano Vecelli original painting is available to buy at Grand Gallery EU.
Dimension: 98 x 58,5 cm
Painting technique: Oil on canvas
Painting style: Italian Renaissance, Mannerism
Titian was a leading artist of the Italian Renaissance who painted works for Pope Paul III, King Philip II of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.
Born sometime between 1488 and 1490, Titian became an artist’s apprentice in Venice as a teenager. He worked with Sebastiano Zuccato, Giovanni Bellini and Giorgione before branching out on his own. Titian became one of Venice’s leading artists around 1518 with the completion of “Assumption of the Virgin.” He was soon creating for works for leading members of royalty, including King Philip II of Spain and Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor. Pope Paul III also hired Titian to paint portraits of himself and his grandsons. Titian died on August 27, 1576.
Born Tiziano Vecellio in what is now Pieve di Cadore, Italy, sometime between 1488 and 1490. Titian is considered one of the greatest painters of the Italian Renaissance. The oldest of four children born to Gregorio and Lucia Vecellio, Titian spent his early years in the town of Pieve di Cadore, near the Dolomite mountains.
Tiziano Vecelli in his teens, Titian became an apprentice to the Venetian artist Sebastiano Zuccato.
He soon went to work with such leading artists as Giovanni Bellini and Giorgione. Giorgione proved to be especially influential to the young painter.
In 1516, Titian began work on his first major commission for a church called Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari in Venice. He painted “Assumption of the Virgin” (1516-1518) for the church’s high altar, a masterwork that helped establish Titian as one of the leading painters in the area. He was known for his deft use of color and for his appealing renderings of the human form.
A short time after completing the legendary altarpiece, Titian created “The Worship of Venus” (1518-1519). This mythology-inspired work was just one of several commissioned by Alfonso I d’Este, duke of Ferrara. Titian managed to cultivate a broad range of royal patrons during his career, including King Philip II of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.
Titian’s Venetian home was a mecca for many of the community’s artistic types. He had an especially close friendship with writer Pietro Aretino. Aretino is said to have helped Titian get some of his commissions. Sculptor and architect Jacopo Sansovino was another frequent visitor.
Over the years, Titian created portraits of leading figures of the day. He painted two works featuring Pope Paul III between 1545 and ’46, and spent six months living at the Vatican while making these paintings. In 1548, he traveled to the court of Charles V, where he painted his portrait as well.
