25 de Julho

"Titian is loved by all the world

because his style breathes life

into the portraits and is hated by

nature for the spirits conjured

by his art put the living to shame"

Pietro Aretino

Bacchanal of the Andrians, 1518-20

Titian

Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid

19 de Maio

"In the portrayal of all that can be seen,

your hand rivals only Nature,

so keenly does it imitate the spirit

within each object, so that Nature itself

begins to doubt which of you is greater

and better"

Pietro Aretino (On Titian)

The Three Ages of Man, 1512

Titian

On loan from the Duke of Sutherland, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh