Current knowledge
Royal Collection 402841
After Titian
Titian and his Friends
Current measurements:
82.8cm x 94.5cm
Date:
1550-60
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.
Van der Doort 1639
Titian
Picture of Titian himself painted by himself, and his friend a Venetian Senator - in a red velvet Venetian Senator's gown, half-length
Sale Inventory c.1649-51
Walpole Society reference (1972):