Titian

A young man in a glove seems to hold his silence—and, in Titian’s hands, a whole personality comes through. What can a portrait reveal that a face alone cannot?

In sixteenth-century Venice, Titian painted emperors and boatmen, saints and young women, bringing each figure vividly to life. Estelle M. Hurll’s 1901 collection pairs fifteen pictures with a portrait of the painter and an introduction to his character as an artist, then guides the reader through portraits, religious scenes, and mythological subjects. Her eye moves from the grandeur of the Assumption to the quiet force of the Man with the Glove, asking us to look beyond beauty and color to the human presence within. What might you see in these faces that a first glance misses?

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