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 ...

His patron, Philip, was both a devout Catholic and a womanizer, commissioning religious paintings as well as the mythological series. At the start, Titian offered the young prince what he wanted ...

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 ...

What emerged from this encounter between Prince Philip of Spain and the Renaissance master Titian is seen as one of the most extraordinary commissions in all of art history. Given almost total ...

A pre-“poesie” portrait of Philip (who was then still prince) that Titian made around 1549-50, included here, is dark and moody, peculiarly soft-edged; it was odd enough for its time ...