Vanity (Titian)

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Vanity

Artist	Titian
Year	c. 1515^[1]
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	97 cm × 81.2 cm (38 in × 32.0 in)
Location	Alte Pinakothek, Munich

Vanity is an oil painting by the Italian late Renaissance painter Titian, dated to around 1515 and now held at the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, Germany.

History

The work was perhaps in Emperor Rudolf II's gallery in Prague, before becoming part of that of the Electors of Bavaria. It has part of the Munich museum's collection since 1884. The first mention dates to 1748, as a work by Francesco Salviati. It was later attributed to Palma the Elder, Giorgione, il Pordenone and finally Titian.

Radio analysis has proved the presence of workshop additions (in particular to the mirror) above an original, probably by Titian, based on the Woman at the Mirror.^[2]

Description

The painting portrays an idealized beautiful woman, a model established in the Venetian school by Titian's master Giorgione with his Laura. She holds an oval mirror with a frame, which reflects some jewels and a maid who is searching in a case.

The woman was portrayed by Titian in numerous other works of the period, including the Woman at the Mirror, Salome and Flora, as well as some Holy Conversations.^[3]

Notes

^ "Die Eitelkeit der Welt" (in German). Alte Pinakothek. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
^ Francesco Valcanover, L'opera completa di Tiziano, Milan, Rizzoli, 1969 (Italian)
^ Francesco Valcanover, L'opera completa di Tiziano, Milan, Rizzoli, 1969 (Italian)

References

Valcanover, Francesco (1969). L'opera completa di Tiziano (in Italian). Milan: Rizzoli.

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Self portraits	Self-Portrait (1546–1547) Self-Portrait (c. 1560)
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Religious	Christ Carrying the Cross (c. 1505 – also attributed to Giorgione) Bache Madonna (c. 1508) Flight into Egypt (c. 1508 Rest on the Flight into Egypt (c. 1508) Lochis Madonna (1508–1510) Saint Mark Enthroned (c. 1510) The Gypsy Madonna (c. 1510) Holy Family with a Shepherd (c. 1510) Christ and the Adulteress Glasgow, c. 1510) (Vienna, c. 1520 Virgin and Child Between Saints Anthony of Padua and Roch (c. 1511) The Resurrected Christ (c. 1511–12) Baptism of Christ (c. 1512) Virgin and Child with Saints Stephen, Jerome and Maurice (Paris; c. 1510–1525) Miracle of the Jealous Husband (1511) Balbi Holy Conversation (c. 1513) Noli me tangere (c. 1514) The Archangel Raphael and Tobias (c. 1512–1514; c. 1540–1545) Salome Rome, c. 1515) (Madrid, c. 1550) (Private, c. 1570 Madonna of the Cherries (1515) The Tribute Money (c. 1516) Assumption of the Virgin (1516–1518) The Virgin and Child with Saint George and Saint Dorothy (1516–1518) Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist and an Unidentified Saint (c. 1515–1520) Madonna and Child with Four Saints (c. 1516–1520) Pesaro Madonna (1519–1526) Virgin and Child with Saints Anthony Abbot, Jerome and Francis (c. 1519) Gozzi Altarpiece (1520) Virgin and Child with Saints Stephen, Jerome and Maurice (Vienna; c. 1520) Malchiostro Annunciation (c. 1520) The Entombment of Christ (c. 1520) Averoldi Polyptych (1520–1522) Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata (1525) The Assassination of Saint Peter Martyr (1529) Aldobrandini Madonna (1530) Madonna of the Rabbit (1530) Madonna of the Roses (c. 1530) Penitent Magdalene (1531) Saint Jerome in Penitence (1531) Pilgrims at Emmaus (c. 1533–1534) Supper at Emmaus (c. 1534; c. 1545) The Presentation of the Virgin at the Temple (1534–1538) Saint John the Baptist (1540) Sciarra Madonna (c. 1540) The Crowning with Thorns (1542–43) Ecce Homo Vienna, 1543 David and Goliath (c. 1542–1544) Abraham and Isaac (c. 1543–1544) Cain and Abel (c. 1543–1545) Serravalle Altarpiece (1548) Castello Roganzuolo Altarpiece (1549) The Fall of Man (c. 1550) Penitent Magdalene (c. 1550) Saint Jerome in Penitence (1552) The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence (c. 1548–1559) La Gloria (1554) Christ Appearing to his Mother after his Resurrection (1554) Mater Dolorosa with Clasped Hands (c. 1555) Saint Jerome in Penitence (1575) Crucifixion (1558) The Entombment (1559) Saint Margaret and the Dragon (c. 1559) Annunciation (1559–1564) Madonna and Child with Saints Luke and Catherine of Alexandria (c. 1560) Penitent Magdalene (1565) Saint Dominic (c. 1565) Judith with the Head of Holofernes (c. 1570) Religion saved by Spain (1572–1575) Saint Sebastian (c. 1575) The Crowning with Thorns (1576) Pietà (1576)
Museums	Casa natale di Tiziano Vecellio
Related	Orazio Vecellio (son) Francesco Vecellio (brother) Cesare Vecellio (cousin) Marco Vecellio (nephew) Girolamo di Tiziano (disciple) Titian (crater)