Current knowledge

After Titian

Titian and his Friends

Royal Collection 402841
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.

Sale Inventory c.1649-51
Walpole Society reference (1972):