Titian
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Tiziano Vecellio, c1477–1576, Italian painter.
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(lowercase) a reddish-brown or golden-brown color.
hair of titian.
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Titian was a painter while Michelangelo, though renowned both as a painter and a sculptor, saw himself exclusively as the latter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
The encounter occurred when a small delegation of Venetian notables, including Titian, went to welcome Michelangelo after his arrival.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
Titian painted the luminous state portrait on canvas in 1533, only about three years after Cranach finished the magnificent “Adam” and “Eve” panels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2024
In one 2022 email, he appeared to demand “30 percent” from the owner of a Titian, according to the court papers.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2023
The merits of line versus color have been the subject of a debate that first arose between partisans of Michelangelo and Titian, his great contemporary in Venice.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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