TIZIANO Vecellio
(b. 1490, Pieve di Cadore, d. 1576, Venezia)

Pope Paul III

1545-46
Oil on canvas, 106 x 85 cm
Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples

From 1539 onwards Titian established strong ties with the all-powerful Farnese family, which included Pope Paul III. He executed portraits of the young Ranuccio Farnese and the Pope himself.




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