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Titian

1488–1576

WA-00016178

Pieve di Cadore, Italy

PaintingRenaissance

Representation

None documented

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80%

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ47551

Field Verification (2 fields)

0 cross-verified · 2 single-source

BiographyWikipedia· 88%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (2)

Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/titian
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
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Tier 1 · Institutional40%

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Movement

Renaissance

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

Canonical record

Artworks (38)

Bacchus and Ariadne

1808 · enamel, in original gilt-wood and gesso carved frame

Unframed: 40.5 x 46 cm (15 15/16 x 18 1/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Self-Portrait

1780 · Black chalk, with stumping, on gray wove paper, tipped on to ivory laid paper

54.4 × 39.1 cm (21 7/16 × 15 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Penitent Magdalene

1700 · Red chalk, with stumping, on ivory laid paper

23.2 × 18.9 cm (9 3/16 × 7 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Allegory of Venus and Cupid

1595 · Oil on canvas

129.9 × 155.3 cm (51 1/8 × 61 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Alfonso d'Este (1486–1534), Duke of Ferrara

1570 · Oil on canvas

50 x 38 3/4 in. (127 x 98.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Venus and the Lute Player

1565 · Oil on canvas

65 x 82 1/2 in. (165.1 x 209.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Venus and the Lute Player

1565 · Oil on canvas

65 x 82 1/2 in. (165.1 x 209.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

An Eagle

1560 · pen and brown ink on laid paper on decorated mount

overall (upper corners cut): 9.3 × 9.3 cm (3 11/16 × 3 11/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Venus with a Mirror

1555 · oil on canvas

overall: 124.5 x 105.5 cm (49 x 41 9/16 in.) framed: 157.48 x 139.07 x 10.8 cm (62 x 54 3/4 x 4 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Filippo Archinto (born about 1500, died 1558), Archbishop of Milan

1554 · Oil on canvas

46 1/2 x 37 in. (118.1 x 94 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata

1550 · woodcut on laid paper

block: 29.5 x 43.4 cm (11 5/8 x 17 1/16 in.) sheet: 29.8 x 43.7 cm (11 3/4 x 17 3/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Woman Holding an Apple

1550 · oil on canvas

overall: 97.8 × 73.8 cm (38 1/2 × 29 1/16 in.) framed: 123 x 99.4 x 9.8 cm (48 7/16 x 39 1/8 x 3 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Venus and Adonis

1550 · Oil on canvas

42 x 52 1/2 in. (106.7 x 133.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Doge Andrea Gritti

1546 · oil on canvas

overall: 133.6 x 103.2 cm (52 5/8 x 40 5/8 in.) framed: 160.2 x 128.9 x 9.5 cm (63 1/16 x 50 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Ranuccio Farnese

1541 · oil on canvas

overall: 89.7 x 73.6 cm (35 5/16 x 29 in.) framed: 123.83 × 108.9 × 9.53 cm (48 3/4 × 42 7/8 × 3 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Portrait of a Lady

1540 · Oil on canvas

63.5 × 51.8 cm (25 × 20 5/16 in.); Framed: 85.1 × 76.2 × 6.4 cm (33 1/2 × 30 × 2 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cardinal Pietro Bembo

1539 · oil on canvas

overall: 94.5 x 76.5 cm (37 3/16 x 30 1/8 in.) framed: 124.6 x 106.7 x 11.4 cm (49 1/16 x 42 x 4 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata

1535 · woodcut

Image: 29.2 x 43.5 cm (11 1/2 x 17 1/8 in.); Sheet: 29.2 x 43.5 cm (11 1/2 x 17 1/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Six Saints

1530 · woodcut

Cleveland Museum of Art

Landscape with a Milkmaid

1520 · woodcut

Image: 37.6 x 53 cm (14 13/16 x 20 7/8 in.); Sheet: 37.6 x 53 cm (14 13/16 x 20 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cupid with the Wheel of Time

1515 · oil on canvas

overall: 65.9 × 55.3 cm (25 15/16 × 21 3/4 in.) framed: 90.17 × 80.01 × 7.62 cm (35 1/2 × 31 1/2 × 3 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Submersion of Pharoah's Army in the Red Sea

1514 · woodcut

National Gallery of Art

The Submersion of Pharaoh's Army in the Red Sea

1514 · woodcut

Unframed: 40 x 55 cm (15 3/4 x 21 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Submersion of Pharaoh's Army in the Red Sea

1510 · Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper

40 × 55.6 cm (15 3/4 × 21 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (4)

38 published of 38 catalogued · 35 with image

Art Institute Chicago
17 published17 img
Nga
9 published9 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
6 published6 img
The Met
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Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 6)

6 entries · 1 sources

The Six Saints
1530 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Adoration of the Magi
1500 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata
1535 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Landscape with a Milkmaid
1520 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Bacchus and Ariadne
1808 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Submersion of Pharaoh's Army in the Red Sea
1514 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

22 assets

Titian Ramsay Peale II Self-Portrait (c. 1845)

Smithsonian Institution

Titian Ramsay Peale II Self-Portrait (c. 1875)

Smithsonian Institution

The Submersion of Pharaoh's Army in the Red Sea (1514–15, printed 1549)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Relationships

Movements1

Renaissance

Collections5

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

National Gallery of Art

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Auction house

Christie's

20 lots · 2018–2026

Market

Auction History

Range: $1,890 – $17,560,000

Work	Auction House	Date	Estimate	Hammer Price
An oak tree in a landscape with a castle in the background	Christie's	Feb 2026	$10,000 – $15,000	Unsold
Portrait of Emperor Charles V (1500-1558) in an armchair	Christie's	Oct 2025	$2,000 – $3,000	$12,700
Portrait of Isabella of Portugal (1503-1539), three-quarter length, seated, with the imperial crown	Christie's	Oct 2025	$10,000 – $15,000	$215,900
Vénus au miroir	Christie's	Nov 2024	€4,000 – €6,000	€1,890
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt	Christie's	Jul 2024	£15,000,000 – £25,000,000	£17,560,000
Portrait of Suleyman the Magnificent	Christie's	Jan 2023	$150,000 – $250,000	$189,000
A lady with a mirror	Christie's	Sep 2022	$30,000 – $50,000	$27,720
Potrait of a woman	Christie's	Jun 2022	$40,000 – $60,000	Unsold
Saint Ursula	Christie's	Jun 2022	$15,000 – $20,000	$10,080
The Agony in the Garden	Christie's	Dec 2021	£1,000 – £1,500	£2,250

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