Titian and his Friends
Remaining in the Royal Collection today, where it is thought to be a skilled copy after Titian, this self-portrait of the artist and a senator is commonly referred to as “Titian and his Friends”. It is fitting that Charles hung a likeness of Titian in this room, essentially a shrine to the artist – it would have functioned like a signature.
Sale Inventory c.1649-51
WS 271, №234
(by himself [Titian])
Titian with a Senator
Walpole Society reference (1972):
Appraisal:
100-0-0
Sold to:
R [reserved], sold; Gaspars
Sold for:
£112
Sale date:
02/04/1650
Appears in Charles II c1666:
Whitehall, no 531, 84 x 94
Identification certainty:
Identified