the most powerful men of his time, the Emperor Charles V, Philip II and Francis I, doges, popes and cardinals ... to immortalize themselves, they chose Titian, acknowledged as the greatest of living painters, the painter of power

2. Titian
portraits of power, knowledge and seduction

3. the most powerful men of his time, the Emperor Charles V, Philip II and Francis I, doges, popes and cardinals ...
to immortalize themselves, they chose Titian, acknowledged as the greatest of living painters, the painter of power

4. Titien
portraits du pouvoir, du savoir et de la séduction

5. les principaux hommes de pouvoir de son temps, Charles Quint, Philippe II, François Ier, doges, pape, cardinaux …
ces puissants l’avaient choisi comme le plus grand des peintres, le peintre du pouvoir

8. LE POUVOIR
THE POWER
l'empereur, les rois, le pape, cardinaux, les cours d'Italie
the Emperor, the kings, pope, the cardinals, the courts of Italy

9. Emperor Charles V at Mühlberg
Portrait équestre de Charles Quint
à Mühlberg
1548
Museo del Prado, Madrid

12. Charles V Standing with His Dog
Charles Quint debout avec un chien
1533
Museo del Prado, Madrid

16. Portrait of Charles V Seated
Portrait de Charles V assis
1548
Alte Pinakothek, Munich

20. Portrait of Francis I
Portrait de François Ier, roi de France
1539
Musée du Louvre, Paris

24. Portrait of Philip II in Armour
Portrait de Philippe II en armure
1550-51
Museo del Prado, Madrid

28. John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony
in Armour
Jean-Frédéric Ier le Magnanime,
électeur de Saxe en armure
1548
Museo del Prado, Madrid

32. Pope Paul III
Pape Paul III
1545-1546
Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte,
Naples

35. Cardinal Alessandro Farnese
1545-1546
Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte,
Naples

39. Portrait of doge Marcantonio
Trevisani, Doge of Venice
Portrait de Marcantonio Trevisani,
doge de Venise
1553-54
Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest

43. Portrait of the Doge Francesco
Venier
Portrait de doge Francesco
Venier
1554-1556
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza,
Madrid

47. Portrait of Doge Andrea Gritti
Portrait de doge Andrea Gritti
1545
National Gallery of Art,
Washington

51. Portrait of Francesco Maria
della Rovere, Duke of Urbino
François Marie Ier della
Rovere, duc d'Urbino
1536-1538
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

55. Portrait of Giacomo Dolfin, nobleman
Portrait de Giacomo Dolfin
1532
Los Angeles County Museum of Art

58. LA SOCIÉTÉ CONTEMPORAINE
CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY
la noblesse et la bourgeoisie, les amis humanistes et les intellectuels
the nobility and the bourgeoisie, humanist friends and the intellectuals

59. Portrait of Jacopo Strada
1567-68
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
peintre, architecte, orfèvre, inventeur de machines,
numismate, linguiste, collectionneur et marchand
d’art
Italian polymath courtier, painter, architect,
goldsmith, inventor of machines, numismatist,
linguist, collector, and merchant of works of art

63. Portrait of the Physician Gian
Giacomo Bartolotti da Parma
Portrait du médecin Gian Giacomo
Bartolotti da Parma
1515
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

66. Portrait of Ranuccio Farnese
1542
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Ranuccio, the son of Pier Luigi Farnese, the
the natural son of Pope Paul III.
Ranuccio, fils de Pier Luigi Farnèse, fils
naturel du pape Paul III.

70. Portrait of Antonio Anselmi
1550
Fundación Colección Thyssen-
Bornemisza, Pedralbes
secretary to Cardinal Pietro Bembo,
poet and author
secrétaire du cardinal Pietro Bembo,
poète et auteur

73. Portrait of Pietro Aretino
1545
Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti),
Florence
Italian author, playwright, poet, satirist
and blackmailer
poète, écrivain et dramaturge italien

76. Cardinal Pietro Bembo
Portrait de Pietro Bembo, cardinal
1540
National Gallery of Art, Washington
italian scholar, poet, literary theorist, member of
the Knights Hospitaller and cardinal
érudit, poète, théoricien littéraire italien,
membre des Chevaliers Hospitaliers et cardinal

81. … and here arrogant, typical of the male dandy, member of the Barbarigo, an aristocratic Venetian family
... et ici arrogant, typique dandy mâle, membre du Barbarigo, une famille aristocratique vénitienne

82. Portrait of Gerolamo Barbarigo,
Man with the Blue Sleeve
Portrait de Gerolamo Barbarigo,
L'Homme en bleu
1510
National Gallery, London

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86. Tiziano Vecellio, Tiziano Vecelli,
peintre et graveur vénitien, considéré comme un des plus grands portraitistes
Titien parvint à l’acmé de son succès lorsque l’empereur Charles Quint, qui en fit son portraitiste
officiel, l’éleva au rang de premier peintre de la cour des Habsbourg, mécénat que poursuivit le fils du
souverain, Philippe II, durant les années de maturité de l’artiste vénitien.
Parallèlement aux portraits de ces hommes illustres, Titien peint également celui de nombreux
anonymes et aristocrates.
Interprète intelligent et éclectique d’une époque qu’il a profondément vécue et incarnée, Titien élargit
encore le champ de ses intérêts et se tourne vers une autre couche de la société non moins puissante
que l’aristocratie : la riche bourgeoisie des villes.
Ainsi, la magnifique peinture de Titien constitue un extraordinaire reportage historique formé par les
multiples images des plus illustres protagonistes d’une très grande époque qui, si elle appartient au
passé, n’en demeure pas moins vivante à travers les regards expressifs et les visages envoûtants de
ses acteurs.

87. Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio
italian painter, the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school
The Venetian master, animated by extraordinary ambition and determination, very quickly placed his talent at
the service of the great figures of his day, continually winning new, influential patrons and eventually gaining
access to the very citadels of power: a handful of powerful men who between them decided the fate of Europe
and the world.
The members of the Este, Gonzaga, Della Rovere and Farnese families commissioned Titian to paint superb
portraits celebrating their official ranks and social stature, though the master never abandoned his
irrepressible inclination towards naturalism: all his portraits reveal the human side, the intimate personality
and sensibility of his subjects.
Titian arrived at the very summit of his career when the Emperor Charles V, who had appointed him official
portraitist, raised him to the position of first painter to the Habsburg court. The emperor's son, Philip II,
continued to patronize the Venetian artist during his years of maturity.
In parallel to this official production, Titian also he represented thus his friends and members of his family, as
well as writers, humanists and poets, all belonging to the effervescent Venetian cultural scene of which he
was one the key protagonist.
Alongside portraits of famous people, Titian also painted a great many portraits of aristocratic figures and
unknowns.