Portrait of a Man (Titian, Indianapolis)

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Portrait of a Man, c. 1515 (59.5 x 45.5 cm; 23.4 x 17.9 in) Tiziano, ritratto indianapolis.jpg
Portrait of a Man, c.1515 (59.5 x 45.5 cm; 23.4 x 17.9 in)

Portrait of a Man is an oil painting by Titian, made about 1515, now in the Indianapolis Museum of Art. [1]

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Identity of the sitter

It may have been the painting seen by Carlo Ridolfi in Nicolas Régnier's house around 1648.[ citation needed ] It has traditionally been known as Portrait of Ariosto due to its similarity to A Man with a Quilted Sleeve , another Titian work previously thought to depict Ariosto, and to a print of Ariosto in the 1532 edition of Orlando Furioso . [2]

Provenance

Its status as an autograph work by the artist is supported by Bernard Berenson.[ citation needed ] Auctioned at Sotheby's in London on 29 January 1929, it passed to the Booth Tarkington collection in Indianapolis.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. (in Italian) Francesco Valcanover, L'opera completa di Tiziano, Rizzoli, Milano 1969
  2. "Catalogue entry".