Titian (Tiziano Vecellio)
(b Pieve di Cadore, c.1485; d Venice, 27 Aug. 1576).The greatest painter of the Venetian School and one of the supreme figures of world art. In the course of a very long and highly prolific career he dominated Venice’s art during its golden age and also worked for many illustrious patrons outside the city; his paintings have had a profound and enduring influence on European art. Most of his career is well documented, but his early years are somewhat obscure and his date of birth has long been a subject of scholarly debate, for the evidence concerning it is contradictory; certainly he was very old when he died, although probably not quite as old as some accounts suggest (traditionally he lived to be 99).... ...
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