Titian - Tiziano Vecelli
Tiziano
Vecelli, also known as Titian was a painter in 16th century
Venice. He was a part of the Italian Renaissance. Titian was a court painter
to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and to King Phillip II of Spain. Born
in the Venetian Alps in Pieve di Cadore, Titan used the landscape of his
home for many of the backgrounds in his paintings. At the age of nine
he apprenticed to a Venetian mosaicist, soon afterwards Tiziano Vecelli
became a pupil of Giovanni Bellini.
Some
of Titian's earliest works were very heavily influenced by Giovanni Bellini
and Giorgione. His first important commission was for frescoes Scuola
del Santo in Padua, dedicated to life of St. Anthony. Once Titian had
established himself as a painter he opened his own workshop in Venice.
Over the years Titian was commissioned to do portraits and murals for
the Holy Roman Emperor, King Phillip II of Spain, Pope Paul III, the infamous
de Medici and many others.
August 27, 1576, Tiziano Vecelli died in Venice in his house Biri Grande. Several of his best works were created for his burial place in Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari.
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