The elderly Titian's final years are marked by the anguish of personal tragedy. The year 1556 saw the death of his close friend of thirty years, Pietro Aretino. In 1558 Charles V died in the solitude of the monastery of St Yuste; sentiments of gratitude and respect had long bound Titian to his old patron. A year later his brother Francesco died — a trusted and unobtrusive collaborator on countless painting projects. The effect these losses had on Titian is clear in some of his letters to Philip II but his paintings remain the most eloquent testimony of his distress in these years.

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	St Jerome 1570-75 Oil on canvas, 138 x 97 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid	1008*1427 True Color 184 Kb
	St Jerome c. 1575 Oil on canvas, 184 x 177 cm Monasterio de San Lorenzo, El Escorial	1007*1231 True Color 191 Kb
	Mocking of Christ 1570-75 Oil on canvas, 109 x 92 cm Art Museum, Saint Louis	1000*1142 True Color 140 Kb
	Christ Carrying the Cross 1570-75 Oil on canvas, 67 x 77 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid	1190*1007 True Color 153 Kb
	Philip II Offering Don Fernando to Victory before 1575 Oil on canvas, 325 x 274 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid	850*1031 True Color 133 Kb
	Spain Succouring Religion c. 1575 Oil on canvas, 168 x 168 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid	1012*1000 True Color 121 Kb
	St Sebastian c. 1575 Oil on canvas, 212 x 116 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg	653*1200 True Color 95 Kb
	Crowning with Thorns 1572-76 Oil on canvas, 280 x 181 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich	1000*1565 True Color 232 Kb
	View of the Sala delle Quattro Porte 1575-76 Oil on canvas Palazzo Ducale, Venice	1017*771 True Color 144 Kb
	Doge Antonio Grimani Kneeling Before the Faith 1575-76 Oil on canvas, 365 x 500 cm Palazzo Ducale, Venice	1300*941 True Color 185 Kb
	Doge Antonio Grimani Kneeling Before the Faith (detail) 1575-76 Oil on canvas Palazzo Ducale, Venice	900*1015 True Color 168 Kb
	Doge Antonio Grimani Kneeling Before the Faith (detail) 1575-76 Oil on canvas Palazzo Ducale, Venice	1090*800 True Color 174 Kb
	Doge Antonio Grimani Kneeling Before the Faith (detail) 1575-76 Oil on canvas Palazzo Ducale, Venice	1364*700 True Color 174 Kb
	Pietà 1576 Oil on canvas, 352 x 349 cm Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice	1205*1200 True Color 200 Kb
	Pietà (detail) 1576 Oil on canvas Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice	900*1079 True Color 127 Kb