The Deposition
after 1557 | Tiziano Vecellio, gen. Tizian
The painting is considered a replica of a lost deposition sent by Titian to the Spanish court of Philipp II in 1557. From the contemporaneous correspondence we know that the lost painting represented a deposition of Christ with five figures (no entire figures) in a small format. Although executed by Titian’s workshop it is of outstanding quality and features a number of interesting deviations from other versions (Madrid, Prado) painted by the master himself.
The painting is considered a replica of a lost deposition sent by Titian to the Spanish court of Philipp II in 1557. From the contemporaneous correspondence we know that the lost painting represented a deposition of Christ with five figures (no entire figures) in a small format. Although executed by Titian’s workshop it is of outstanding quality and features a number of interesting deviations from other versions (Madrid, Prado) painted by the master himself.
Workshop:
Tiziano Vecellio, gen. Tizian (um 1488 Pieve di Cadore - 1576 Venedig) DNB
Contributor:
Lambert Sustris (zw. 1515 und 1520 Amsterdam - nach 1568 oder 1591 Venedig) DNB
Time:
after 1557
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Italian, Venetian
Material/technology:
Canvas
Dimensions:
allseitig beschnitten: cut on all sides: 99,5 x 115,5 cm
Framed: 122,5 x 137,7 x 6 cm
Signed
Inscribed on the lower right of the sarcophagus: TITIANV
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 86
Provenance
1635-1648 Coll. Buckingham; acquired in 1649
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