Fabrizio Salvaresio
Salvaresio was proud to have both his name and Titian’s inscribed on the “tabula ansata” next to the date of composition in the background of the picture. His rather vulgarly thrusting and self-confident appearance, the fur-lined coat, silk scarf and grandfather clock, an object repeatedly found in several of Titian’s portraits to signify high rank, all mark him out as a prosperous merchant. The boy who appears in profile in the lower right of the picture seems to allude to the slave trade which was part of Salvaresio’s business activities.
Salvaresio was proud to have both his name and Titian’s inscribed on the “tabula ansata” next to the date of composition in the background of the picture. His rather vulgarly thrusting and self-confident appearance, the fur-lined coat, silk scarf and grandfather clock, an object repeatedly found in several of Titian’s portraits to signify high rank, all mark him out as a prosperous merchant. The boy who appears in profile in the lower right of the picture seems to allude to the slave trade which was part of Salvaresio’s business activities.
Artist:
Tiziano Vecellio, gen. Tizian (um 1488 Pieve di Cadore - 1576 Venedig) DNB
Depiction/Person:
Fabrizio Salvaresio (geb. 1508 (?))
Time:
1558
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Italian, Venetian
Material/technology:
Canvas
Dimensions:
unten rechts beschnitten: bottom right cut: 112 x 88 cm
Framed: 129 cm x 105,5 cm x 5 cm
Signed
Inscribed at the top left of a writing panel: M D LVIII.FABRICIVS SALVARESIVS ANNV AGENS L.TITIANI OPVS
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 1605
Provenance
1636 Coll. Bartolomeo della Nave, Venice; 1638-1649 Coll. Hamilton (?); Coll. Leopold Wilhelm