Titian, 1512 - Portrait of the Venetian Painter Giovanni Bellini? - fine art print

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According to the Italian artist and historiographer Giorgio Vasari’s (1511-1574) biography from 1568, Titian studied under Gentile Bellini (1429-1507), whose brother – and fellow artist – is believed to be the person portrayed here.

A nod to Bellini Titian divided the background into two parts – a dark, uniform surface and a narrow glimpse of a rolling landscape with shepherds – as a nod to his old master, for Giovanni Bellini was among the artists who introduced this particular element in Venetian portraits.

Introducing movement to the painting Titian added a new element to the traditional static pose: the model’s gaze and the twist of the body go in different directions thereby introducing movement. As the official painter of the Republic, Bellini chose to be portrayed wearing his official dress, a black costume worn by doctors, lawyers, civil servants, merchants, and aristocrats. At the time, the Sala del Maggior Consiglio in the Ducal Palace was just about to be decorated.

The young Titian vied with his far older mentor and many other Venetian painters for a portion of the commission. It is possible that Titian’s objective with this portrait was to prove that he could paint as well as his master – even surpass him by introducing new dynamics.

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The more than 500 year old artwork was created by the high renaissance master Titian. The 500 years old version of the artwork measures the dimensions: 80 x 66 cm. Oil on canvas was used by the painter as the technique for the work of art. Besides, this work of art is in the the Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark)'s collection, which is located in Copenhagen, Denmark. This classic art work of art, which is in the public domain is being supplied with courtesy of National Gallery of Denmark.Creditline of the artwork: . On top of that, alignment of the digital reproduction is in portrait format with a ratio of 1 : 1.2, which means that the length is 20% shorter than the width. Titian was a male painter from Italy, whose artistic style can be attributed mainly to High Renaissance. The Italian painter lived for 99 years - born in the year 1477 in Pieve di Cadore and passed away in the year 1576 in Venice.

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