Tiziano Vecelli, or Titian as he is known as in English, was born sometime between 1488 and 1490 in the Republic of Venice. As a teenager he was apprenticed to Sebastiano Zuccato and went to work with other artists such as Bellini and Giorgione. who both had an influence on his art. Titian became successful at a young age, and his 1518 altarpiece, Assumption of the Virgin, helped to establish him as a leading artist. His fame spread and Titian gained commissions from such people as the King of Spain and the Holy Roman Emperor, both of whom sat before him for portraits. Perhaps the leading... Show more

Tiziano Vecelli, or Titian as he is known as in English, was born sometime between 1488 and 1490 in the Republic of Venice. As a teenager he was apprenticed to Sebastiano Zuccato and went to work with other artists such as Bellini and Giorgione. who both had an influence on his art.

Titian became successful at a young age, and his 1518 altarpiece, Assumption of the Virgin, helped to establish him as a leading artist. His fame spread and Titian gained commissions from such people as the King of Spain and the Holy Roman Emperor, both of whom sat before him for portraits.

Perhaps the leading artist of the late Renaissance, Titian's works have inspired countless followers such as Rembrandt, Van Dyck and Rubens.

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Italian Renaissance Painters: Titian

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10 Questions

1. Housed in the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh, this 1520 painting shows which Roman goddess emerging from the sea?

VenusMinervaJunoDiana

2. This 1511 painting, Saint Mark Enthroned, was commissioned by the church of Santo Spirito in Venice, to celebrate the end of what?

A year long famineWar with FranceA plague outbreakA six month drought

3. In this painting we see a semi-legendary Roman woman vainly attempting to reject the advances of a king's son. What are the two character's names?

Tarquin and LucretiaBrutus and BoadiceaCaesar and CleopatraAeneas and Dido

4. Pietà is thought to be Titian's final work. It is a depiction of Christ after his death on the cross, in which Titian has painted himself as which biblical character?

NicodemusPeterJoseph of ArimatheaJohn the Divine

5. Painted in the late 1560s and with a theme of the passage of time, what is the name of this piece?

Allegory of PrudenceAges of ManCradle to GravePast, Present, Future

6. Salome was painted by Titian circa 1515. It shows the biblical character holding the head of who?

DanielJohn the BaptistDavidJames the Just

7. Painted around 1546, this is a picture of Pope Paul III and which other two men?

His grandsonsThe Prime Minister and the King of VeniceHis chief cardinalsHis nephews

8. Titian's 1538 work Venus of Urbino was described by which 19th century writer as 'the foulest, the vilest, the obscenest picture the world possesses'?

Charles DickensLord ByronEdgar Allan PoeMark Twain

9. This is a portrait of which future Spanish king who would in years to come marry one English queen and send an armada to attack another?

Ferdinand VIIPhilip IIFerdinand VIPhilip I

10. This semi-nude painting of 1533 shows which repentant biblical woman?

JezebelMary MagdaleneSalomeEve