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National Gallery, London. The Death of Actaeon is a late work by the Italian Renaissance painter Titian, painted in oil on canvas from about 1559 to his death in 1576 and now in the National Gallery in London. It is very probably one of the two paintings the artist stated he had started and hopes to finish (one of which he calls " Actaeon ...
t. e. Tiziano Vecellio (Italian: [titˈtsjaːno veˈtʃɛlljo]; c. 1488/90[1] – 27 August 1576), [2] Latinized as Titianus, hence known in English as Titian (/ ˈtɪʃən / ⓘ TISH-ən), was an Italian Renaissance painter, [a] the most important artist of Renaissance Venetian painting. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, near Belluno. [4]
John Henry is a symbol of physical strength and endurance, of exploited labor, of the dignity of a human being against the degradations of the machine age, and of racial pride and solidarity. During World War II his image was used in U.S. government propaganda as a symbol of social tolerance and diversity. [13]
The Death of Actaeon: c. 1559–1575: 178.4 × 198.1 cm: National Gallery (London) Salome: c. 1560: 87 × 80 cm: Museo del Prado (Madrid) Girl with a Platter of Fruit: c. 1558 102 x 82 cm Gemäldegalerie (Berlin) Venus and Adonis - many different versions, with varying contributions by Titian himself. See ones in the Prado and New York above.
1691 copy by Johann Carl Loth, now in the original position. The Assassination of Saint Peter Martyr was a 1528-1529 altarpiece in oils by Titian, originally painted on panel and later transferred to canvas. It was "destroyed by an Austrian shell", [1] or the resulting fire at Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice in 1867, though a 1691 copy by Johann ...
John Ashton, known for his role as John Taggart in the “Beverly Hills Cop” films, died Thursday in Fort Collins, Colo., his manager Alan Somers confirmed to Variety. He was 76. Ashton played ...
The Tribute Money (Italian: Cristo della moneta, lit. 'Christ of the coin') is a panel painting in oils of 1516 by the Italian late Renaissance artist Titian, now in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden, Germany. It depicts Christ and a Pharisee at the moment in the Gospels [2] when Christ is shown a coin and says "Render unto Caesar the ...
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice. The Pietà is one of the last paintings by the Italian master-painter Titian, and in its final, extended state it was left incomplete at his death in 1576, to be completed by Palma Giovane. Titian had intended it to hang over his grave, and the two stages of painting were to make it fit in two different churches.