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Titian’s ‘Danaë’: the debate continues

06/2016 | 1359 | 158

Pages: 415-419

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Author:

Falomir, Miguel (Falomir, Miguel)

Author:

Joannides, Paul (Joannides, Paul; J., P.; Joannides, P. E. A.)

Subjects

artists:

Titian

dates:

1550-1599

museums and institutions:

Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain / Apsley House, London, Great Britain

patrons:

Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598

subjects:

Italian painting / Danaë / Collections, Public / Provenance / Technical analysis / Attribution / Restoration (process)

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Detail of Venus and Adonis, by Titian (Museo del Prado, Madrid)

Attributed works:

2. Detail of Danaë, by Titian (Museo del Prado, Madrid)

Attributed works:

3. Tarquin and Lucretia, by Cornelis Cort after Titian. 1571 (British Museum, London)

Attributed works:

4. X-radiograph of Danaë, by Titian (Wellington Collection, Apsley House, London)

Attributed works:

7. The fable of Cupid and Psyche, plate 21, by the Master of the Die after Michiel Coxie. 1520-35 (British Museum, London)

Attributed works:

8. The fable of Cupid and Psyche, plate 1, by the Master of the Die after Michiel Coxie. c.1535 (British Museum, London)

Attributed works:

9. Venus and Adonis, from the studio of Paolo Veronese. c.1580 (Museo del Prado, Madrid)

Western art unattributed:

5. Danaë, by an unidentified painter, after Titian. 1560-70 (Whereabouts unknown)

Western art unattributed:

6. Danaë, by an unidentified engraver, perhaps after Gilles Coignet. c.1580? (British Museum, London)

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