Martyrdom of st peter martyr titian biography
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| Titian | |
|---|---|
| Born | Tiziano Vecelli 1488/1490 Pieve di Cadore |
| Died | Aug.Titian contemporaries27, 1576 (at age 85-88) |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Movement | High Renaissance |
| Field | Painting |
| Works | View Complete Works |
Tiziano Vecellio, known as Titian in English, was born in the small alpine village of Pieve di Cadore, which is located near the Austrian border.
As for the date of his birth, no one really knows. It was undocumented, but scholars accept the period from 1482-1490 for his birth years. His parents were respectable people of modest means.
Death of St. Peter the Martyr; From the painting by Titian, in the Capella del Rosario (Chapel of the Rosary) in the Basilica di San Giovanni e.In 1498, Titian and his brother Francesco were sent to Venice to start training as painters in the workshop of Sebastiano Zuccato who specialized in mosaics.
While his brother stayed there to study, Titian left and went to be an apprentice for Gentile and Giovanni Bellini.
His earliest surviving work is from there, Jacopo Pesaro being presented by Pope Alexander VI to Saint Peter, 1502-1508. He left the Bellini’s, and went to study un