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The Assumption of the Virgin is a monumental altarpiece painted by Titian between 1516 and 1518 for the high altar of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari in Venice, where it remains. Approximately 6.9 metres tall, the panel organizes the apostles, the ascending Virgin, and God the Father into three verti...
The Venus of Urbino is an oil painting completed by Titian in 1538 for Guidobaldo della Rovere and now held by the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. It shows a nude woman reclining in a Venetian interior, meeting the viewer's gaze while attendants search through a chest in the background. The small dog, r...
The Pesaro Altarpiece, also known as the Madonna di Ca' Pesaro, was painted by Titian between 1519 and 1526 for the Pesaro family chapel in Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice. It presents the Virgin and Child with saints, donors, and military imagery in a composition organized around a strong di...
Bacchus and Ariadne is an oil painting made by Titian in 1522 to 1523 for Alfonso I d'Este's camerino d'alabastro in Ferrara. It depicts Bacchus leaping from his chariot toward Ariadne after Theseus has abandoned her, while the god's followers move across the composition. The work combines a mytholo...
Sacred and Profane Love is an allegorical painting made by Titian around 1514 and now held by the Galleria Borghese in Rome. It shows two women, one richly clothed and one nude, seated beside a carved stone basin or sarcophagus while Cupid stirs the water between them. The original meaning and even...
The Averoldi Polyptych is a five-panel altarpiece painted by Titian and completed in 1522 for the church of Santi Nazaro e Celso in Brescia, where it remains. It was commissioned by Altobello Averoldi, a papal representative in Venice. The central panel shows the resurrected Christ rising above sold...
Man with a Glove is an oil portrait painted by Titian around 1520, during the Venetian Renaissance. It shows an unidentified young man in dark clothing holding one glove while wearing the other, with his face and hands emerging against a plain background. The restrained setting and carefully observe...
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