People and portraits

From regal subjects to intriguing sitters: watch films and podcasts exploring historical figures depicted in art

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Curator Antonio Mazzotta explains how a young Titian formulated a completely new approach to portraiture.

 

Featuring Portrait of Gerolamo (?) Barbarigo, about 1509 and Portrait of a Lady ('La Schiavona'), about 1510-12.

 

More about the exhibition Titian's First Masterpiece: The Flight into Egypt, 4 April – 19 August 2012.

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