Titian

III Historical Directory of the Pictures of This Collection

Portrait frontispiece. Probably the portrait mentioned by Vasari as painted in 1502. In the Prado Gallery, Madrid. Size: 2 ft. 10 in. by 2 ft. 1½ in.

1. The Physician Parma. It appears that there is no direct testimony to prove the authorship of this picture, the attribution to Titian having been made by an early director of the gallery, following certain evidence from Rudolfi. Herr Wickhoff claims the picture for Domenico Campagnola, and the recent biographer of Giorgione (Herbert Cook) includes it among the works of that painter. The attribution to Titian is, however, not disputed by the two severest of modern critics, Morelli and Berenson. In the Vienna Gallery. Size: 3 ft. 6 in. by 2 ft. 7 in.

2. The Presentation of the Virgin (Detail). Painted for the brotherhood of S. Maria della Carità, and now in the Venice Academy. Date assigned by Berenson 1540. Size of entire picture: 11 ft. 5 in. by 25 ft. 6½ in.

3. The Empress Isabella. Probably one of the two pictures referred to in a letter of 1544 from Titian to Charles V. In the Prado Gallery, Madrid. Size: 3 ft. 10 in. by 3 ft. 2½ in.

4. Madonna and Child with Saints. An early work in the Vienna Gallery, similar to a picture in the Louvre, to which it is considered superior by Crowe and Cavalcaselle. Called an “atelier repetition” by Claude Phillips. Size: 3 ft. 5 in. by 4 ft. 3 in.

5. Philip II. Painted 1550, and now in the Prado Gallery, Madrid. Size: 6 ft. 4 in. by 3 ft. 7¾ in.

6. St. Christopher. Painted in fresco on the wall of the Doge’s Palace, Venice, in honor of the arrival of the French army at San Cristoforo (near Milan), 1523. Ordered by the doge Andrea Gritti, who was a partisan of the French.

7. Lavinia. Painted about 1550, and now in the Berlin Gallery. Size: 3 ft. 3½ in. by 2 ft. 7½ in.

8. Christ of the Tribute Money. According to Vasari, painted for Duke Alfonso of Ferrara in 1514 for door of a press. Assigned by Crowe and Cavalcaselle to the year 1518, the date accepted by Morelli. In the Dresden Gallery. Size: 2 ft. 5½ in. by 1 ft. 10 in.

9. The Bella. Painted about 1535. In the Pitti Gallery, Florence. Size: 3 ft. 3½ in. by 2 ft. 6 in.

10. _Medea and Venus. Date unknown, but fixed approximately by Morelli between 1510 and 1512. In the Borghese Gallery, Rome. Size: 3 ft. 5 in. by 8 ft. 8 in.

11. _The Man with the Glove. Assigned to Titian’s middle period. In the Louvre, Paris. Size: 3 ft. 3¹/₃ in. by 2 ft. 11 in.

12. _The Assumption of the Virgin (Detail). Ordered 1516 for high altar of S. Maria Gloriosa de’ Frari, Venice. Shown to public, March 20, 1518. Now in the Venice Academy. Size: 22 ft. 9 in. by 11 ft. 10½ in.

13. _Flora. Painted after 1523. In the Uffizi Gallery, Florence. Size: 3 ft. 8½ in. by 3 ft. 1½ in.

14. _The Pesaro Madonna. Finished in 1526 after being seven years in process. Still in original place in the Church of the Frari, Venice.

15. _St. John the Baptist. Painted in 1556. In the Venice Academy. Size: 6 ft. 5 in. by 4 ft. 5 in.

IV. OUTLINE TABLE OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN TITIAN’S LIFE.4

1477.	Titian born at Cadore in the Friuli, north of Venice.
Circa 1488. Removal to Venice.
Bet. 1507-1508. Work on frescoes of Fondaca de’ Tedeschi with Giorgione.
1511.	In Padua and Vicenza. Frescoes in the Scuola del Santo, Padua.
Circa 1512. Marriage.
1516.	Assumption of the Virgin begun for the Church of the Frari, Venice.
	Titian’s first connection with Alfonso I. and the Court of Ferrara.
1518.	Assumption finished.
1519.	Visit in Ferrara, and the Bacchanal, now in the Madrid Gallery.
1522.	Altarpiece for Brescia, and short visit there.
1523.	Visits at Mantua and Ferrara.
1524.	Visit in Ferrara.
Circa 1525. Birth of Titian’s son Pomponio.
1526.	Pesaro Madonna.
1528.	Visit in Ferrara.
1530.	Visit in Bologna.
	St. Peter Martyr delivered April 27, for Church of SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice.
	Death of Titian’s wife.
1531.	Visit in Ferrara.
	Removal from town to suburban residence in Biri.
1532.	Summons to court of Charles V. at Bologna. Portraits of the Emperor.
1536.	With the Emperor at Astic.
1537.	Portraits of Duke and Duchess of Urbino and the Battle of Cadore. Paintings in Hall of Council of Venice (destroyed by fire 1577).
1540.	Visit to Mantua to attend the funeral of patron Duke Federico Gonzaga.
1541.	Appointment with Emperor at Milan.
1543.	Guest of Cardinal Farnese at Ferrara and Brussels.
	Portraits of Cardinal Farnese and Pope Paul III.
1544.	Two portraits of the dead Empress Isabella sent to Charles V.
1545.	Visit to Rome, and portraits of Paul III. and his grandsons.
1546.	Departure from Rome, visit to Florence and return to Venice.
1547.	Completion of altarpiece of Serravalle.
1548.	Journey to Augsburg to meet Charles V., and equestrian portrait of the Emperor.
	To Milan to meet Prince Philip and Duke of Alva. Portrait of Alva.
1549.	Purchase of the house at Biri, formerly rented.
1550.	Visit to court at Augsburg, and portraits of Philip II.
1554.	Pictures completed and sent to Charles V. and Philip II. in Spain: The Virgin Lamenting, the Trinity, the Danaë.
	Venus and Adonis sent to London to Philip upon marriage with Mary Tudor.
1555.	Marriage of Titian’s daughter Lavinia.
	Perseus and Andromeda sent to King Philip.
1556.	St. John the Baptist, painted for S. Maria Maggiore.
1559.	Entombment sent to Philip.
1562.	Christ in the Garden, and the Europa. Last Supper begun.
1563.	Visit to Brescia.
1565.	Visit to Cadore, and plans for frescoes in the Pieve church.
1567.	Martyrdom of St. Lawrence, and a Venus sent to Madrid.
1572.	Visit from Cardinals Granvelle and Pacheco.
1574.	Visit from Henry III. of France.
	Allegory of Lepanto finished for Philip II.
1575.	Pieta begun.
1576.	Death of Titian from plague at Venice.