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

(by himself [Titian])

Titian with a Senator

Walpole Society reference (1972): 
WS 271, №234
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