Titian facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Titian
Titian self-portrait, c.1567; Museo del Prado, Madrid
Born	Tiziano Vecelli c. 1488/1490 Pieve di Cadore
Died	27 August 1576(1576-08-27) (aged 85-88) Venice
Nationality	Italian
Known for	Painting
Notable work	Assumption of the Virgin Pesaro Altarpiece Venus of Urbino
Movement	High Renaissance

Tomb of Titian in Venice.

Tiziano Vecellio (sometimes his last name is given as Vecelli, born around 1490,in Pieve di Cadore near Belluno, died 27 August 1576 in Venice) was a painter. His name in English is Titian. He was one of the leading painters of the 16th century Venetian school; he is also seen as one of the principal artists of High Renaissance painting of the 16th century. When he was alive, he was often called Da Cadore, after his place of birth.

When he was active, the Republic of Venice had a Golden Age, and was well-off economically. Aged nine, Titian went to Venice. The brothers Gentile and Giovanni Bellini taught him how to paint. In 1513, he opened his own shop, and developed into a successul painter, known all over Europe. In 1533, Charles V made him a nobleman. He also obtained a job as a painter at the court of Charles V. In 1545, Pope Paul III invited him to come to Rome, in 1548 and 1550, Titian accompanied Charles V and his son, Philip II to the Diet of Augsburg. When Titian died of the Plague in the year 1576, he was an old man. He was also one of the most famous painters of Venetian history.

Titian was very productive: in total, he painted 676 works. He did portraits, landscapes, as well as themes from mythology and religious works. All his works are very colorful. This special use of color influenced other painters of the same period a great deal. His works influenced painters such as Peter Paul Rubens, Antoine Watteau and Eugène Delacroix.

Images for kids

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  A self-portrait, done around 1510. For a long time, it was attributed to Ariosto. Rembrandt also used this composition for his self-portraits.

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  Salome, or Judith; this also shows an idealized portrait of beauty, which Titian developed.

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  It took Titian two years (1516–1518) to complete his Assunta, whose dynamic three-tier composition and color scheme established him as the preeminent painter north of Rome.

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  Portrait of a Man in a Red Cap, Titian, c. 1510

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  Salome with the Head of John the Baptist c. 1515, (Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome), or Judith; this religious work also functions as an idealized portrait of a beauty, a genre developed by Titian, supposedly often using Venetian courtesans as models.

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  Bacchus and Ariadne, c. 1520-1523.

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  Equestrian Portrait of Charles V, 1548, Museo del Prado.

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  Pietà, c. 1576, his last painting.

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  The Allegory of Age Governed by Prudence (c. 1565–1570) is thought to depict (from left) Titian, his son Orazio, and his nephew, Marco Vecellio.

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  Violante, c. 1515.

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  Doge Andrea Gritti, the Doge of Venice from 1523 to 1538.

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  'Federico II Gonzaga, c. 1525.

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  Portrait of Philip II, c. 1554.

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  Christ - (fragment) 1553, oil on canvas, 68x62cm, Prado Museum Madrid.

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  Portrait of Jacopo Sannazaro