DETAILS
- Artist
- Titian
- Date
- 1506
- Location
- Civic Museums of Padua
ART MOVEMENTS
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THE ARTIST
Titian
1488–1576 · Republic of VeniceTitian, the Venetian master, revolutionized Renaissance painting with his vibrant use of color and dramatic compositions, leaving behind an immense legacy.
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Further Works by Titian
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Jacopo Pesaro, Bishop of Paphos, being presented by Pope Alexander VI to Saint Peter
1504 · Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
Tobias and the Angel
1530 · Madonna dell'Orto
Penitent Magdalene
1575
The Submersion of Pharaoh's Army in the Red Sea
1514 · Cleveland Museum of Art
Flora
1517 · Uffizi Gallery
Venus and Adonis
1554 · Museo del Prado
Diana and Actaeon
1557 · National Gallery
Venus and the Lute Player
1567 · Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Saint Christopher
Hieronymus Bosch · 1508 · Noordbrabants Museum
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Saint Jerome in His Study
Albrecht Dürer · 1521 · National Museum of Ancient Art
Same era · 1490s–1520s
Sistine Madonna (Madonna di San Sisto)
Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino) · 1512
Same era · 1490s–1520s
The Head of the Virgin in Three-Quarter View Facing Right
Leonardo da Vinci · 1510 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Same era · 1490s–1520s
Plate with arms of the Tosinghi family
Artist Unknown - The Mercat Cross, Aberdeen · 1495 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Same era · 1490s–1520s
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints John the Baptist and Sebastian
Pietro Perugino · 1493 · Uffizi Gallery
Same era · 1490s–1520s
Annunciation of the Death of of the Virgin
Master of the View of Saint Gudula · 1495 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art