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Unusually for an early Titian, the painting can be dated with confidence, as Titian and two assistants or servants spent some five weeks staying at Alfonso's Castello Estense in Ferrara from 22 February 1516 until the end of March. [8] Titian normally painted on canvas, but the original use of the painting as a door necessitated the panel ...
The Tribute Money, by Titian (1516), depicts Jesus being shown the tribute penny. "Render unto Caesar" is the beginning of a phrase attributed to Jesus in the synoptic gospels, which reads in full, "Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's" (Ἀπόδοτε οὖν τὰ Καίσαρος Καίσαρι καὶ τὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ τῷ Θεῷ).
Titian's eleven portraits were copied by Bernardino Campi in 1561 for Francesco Ferdinando d'Ávalos, governor of Milan. To Titian's eleven portraits, Campi added the twelfth Caesar, Domitian, in 1562, after the portrait by Romano. Campi returned to the subject several times, painting at least another four sets for other patrons.
Denarius of the Emperor Tiberius, commonly referred to as "the Tribute Penny". The Tribute Money, by Titian (1516), depicts Jesus being shown the tribute penny. The tribute penny was the coin that was shown to Jesus when he made his famous speech "Render unto Caesar...
Titian paintings on display in the Museo del Prado (from left to right: Danaë and the Shower of Gold, The Worship of Venus, The Bacchanal of the Andrians, and Venus and Adonis) This incomplete list of works by Titian contains representative portraits and mythological and religious works from a large oeuvre that spanned 70 years. (Titian left ...
The Crowning with Thorns is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) done during 1542 and 1543. It is housed in the Musée du Louvre , in Paris . The painting was commissioned by the confraternity of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan .
According to Walter Gronau, the likeness of Pilate, "whose face betrays a ghastly mixture of haughtiness and cynicism", is taken from Titian's friend Pietro Aretino. Almost in the centre of the composition stands the form of the light-haired girl in a soft white satin dress; legend has identified her as Titian's daughter Lavinia.
In addition to the engraving for the catalogue of the Archduke's collection, Teniers made a miniature of the painting. As with most of his miniatures, it is unclear whether the engraving was made after the miniature or the original; in the case of Rest on the Flight into Egypt, the current literature points to both the miniature and the engraving having been made from the original.