File:Titian - Allegorie der Zeit.jpg
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Summary
Titian: Allegory of Prudence | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | allegory | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
The three heads allude to the three ages of man: youth, maturity and old age; left: Titian at old age; middle: his son Orazio, who died of the plague the same year as Titian; right: his cousin and heir: Marco Vecellio, *1545; the triple-headed beast - Wolf, lion and dog - is a Symbol of prudence. |
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Date | circa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | oil on canvas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 75.5 cm (29.7 in) ; width: 68.4 cm (26.9 in) dimensions QS:P2048,+75.50U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,+68.40U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q180788 |
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Current location |
2nd floor room 06 Ferrara and Bologna - currently closed 2014-09 |
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Accession number |
NG6376 |
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Credit line | Presented by Betty and David Koetser, 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inscriptions |
Caption: Ex praeterito praesens prudenter agit, ni futura actione deturpet
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Source/Photographer |
National Gallery, London - online catalogue. |
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Licensing
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current | 05:27, 25 March 2012 | 3,782 × 4,226 (6.83 MB) | wikimediacommons>Aavindraa | updating with museum copy |
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