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Titian’s ‘Rest on the Flight into Egypt’ is up for auction

June 9, 2024June 9, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Christie’s Old Masters Part I auction on 2nd July will include a work by Titian that has been lost, stolen and hung on walls across Europe. Rest on the Flight into Egypt has an estimate of £15million to £25million.

Detail from assumption of the virgin by Titian

On this day in history: Renaissance artist Titian died

August 27, 2022November 22, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Tiziano Vecellio, the artist better known as Titian, died in Venice on August 27th, 1576. Regarded as the greatest painter of 16th century Venice, Titian is believed to have succumbed to the plague.