Philip was still a prince. His father, the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, had been Titian’s most powerful patron and a close confidante. But Charles would die in 1558, and Philip was in line to ...

Titian (Italian, about 1488–1576) and Workshop, “Prince Philip of Spain” (1549–1550), oil on canvas, 40 9/16 x 32 5/16 inches. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid (P000452) The Gardner Museum ...

which is probably where Titian first painted him. Yet another pope, Paul IV, made him archbishop of Milan at the end of 1556. But the appointment, approved by Spain’s King Phillip II ...

Sotheby's will headline its London Old Master evening sale on 7 December with a painting that it describes as the "most important" work by Titian to ... former owners are Prince Eugene of Savoy ...