Titian_-_Allegorie_der_Zeit.jpg
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Summary
Titian : Allegory of Prudence | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | allegory | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
The three heads allude to the three ages of man: youth, maturity and old age; left: Titian at old age; middle: his son Orazio, who died of the plague the same year as Titian; right: his cousin and heir:
Marco Vecellio
, *1545; the triple-headed beast - Wolf, lion and dog - is a Symbol of prudence.
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Date | circa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | oil on canvas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 75.5 cm (29.7 in)
; width: 68.4 cm (26.9 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,+75.50U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+68.40U174728
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q180788
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Current location |
2
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floor room 06 Ferrara and Bologna - currently closed 2014-09
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Accession number |
NG6376
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Credit line | Presented by Betty and David Koetser, 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inscriptions |
Caption:
Ex praeterito praesens prudenter agit, ni futura actione deturpet
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References |
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Source/Photographer |
National Gallery, London - online catalogue
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