Portrait of a Woman
Artistworkshop of
Titian
(Italian, c. 1488 - 1576)
Dateca. 1515-20
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsFramed: 50 1/2 H x 41 3/4 W x 3 9/16 D in. (128.3 x 106 x 9 cm)
Unframed support: 39 3/16 H x 30 1/2 W in. (99.5 x 77.5 cm)
Unframed support: 39 3/16 H x 30 1/2 W in. (99.5 x 77.5 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN58
Titian was the most important Venetian painter of the sixteenth century, and his work continued to influence European art long after his death. The woman in this painting is dressed in a style associated with the Ottoman Empire (centered in what is today Turkey, but which encompassed a vast area, including the Middle East). Titian and his workshop produced a number of paintings of women in "exotic" (Near Eastern or Turkish) dress, to satisfy local demand. Although in the past this painting has been thought to represent a specific person, it is more likely an idealized representation. Such <i>bella donna</i> (beautiful woman) paintings were sometimes commissioned as wedding presents for a bride.
On View
On viewLocation
- Museum of Art, Gallery 06
ca. 1580s-90s
