Titian. Dialogues between the Sacred and the Profane

看点

• The Virgin up front

  Titian reverses the usual Annunciation: the Virgin stands in the foreground and turns toward you, while Gabriel comes up behind her along a diagonal, pushed by light.

• The kneeling patron

  Look for Broccardo Malchiostro, the canon who paid for the altarpiece, kneeling small at the centre of the chequered church floor, far behind the Virgin.

• The recovered signature

  At the bottom of the panel, uncovered in the recent restoration, an inscription names Malchiostro and carries Titian's signature and date, Titianus pinxit MDXX.

• Sacred and Profane Love

  Two near-identical women, one dressed and one nude holding a lamp, sit either side of an ancient carved sarcophagus used as a fountain, with Cupid trailing his hand in the water.

• The coats of arms

  On the front of the fountain, look for Niccolò Aurelio's arms beside his wife's: the patron's heraldry the show sets against Malchiostro's in the Treviso altarpiece.

适合

• 一小时以内
• 深度爱好者
• 外地访客

可跳过，如果

You want a big exhibition: this is one loaned altarpiece hung among the Borghese's own Titians.

带孩子

Under-18s go in free but still need a booked ticket. Children under 5 skip the €2 reservation fee, but must be booked too.