Venus Disrobing

This provocative work is now thought to be by an artist working after Titan. It was given to Charles I by the Duke of Buckingham in exchange for a Mantua picture. The work hung in exactly the same room in Charles II’s reign, possibly even above the same door. It remains in the Royal Collection.

Van der Doort c.1639

Titian

Naked sitting Woman putting on a Smock with both hands, life-size, half-length

Walpole Society reference (1960): 
WS 15, № 4
Measurements (Van der Doort): 
3ft 2in x 2ft 6in (96.5 x 76.2cm)
Medium: 
canvas
Light: 
light from the right
Frame: 
wooden black gilded frame
Provenance: 
exchanged with Duchess of Buckingham for a Mantua piece
Gift / Exchange / Bought / Inherited: 
exchanged
Hang notes: 
above the door
Original Manuscript page number: 
MS. Ash. 1514, f. 18
Charles II inventory c1666: 
Whitehall, no 183,181, 99 x 76
Identification certainty: 
Identified
Sale Inventory c.1649-51

Titian