Jacopo Pesaro Being Presented by Pope Alexander VI to St Peter
Titian’s stately painting shows Bishop Jacopo Pesaro presented by Pope Alexander VI to St Peter.
Commissioned by the Bishop to celebrate Venice’s naval victory over the Ottoman Turks, it was given to Charles I by the Earl of Arundel along with painting no. 1 in this room (Titian’s Tarquin and Lucretia). Interestingly, Van der Doort recorded it as “said to be Titian” rather than by the master outright; it is now considered one of his earliest works.
Jacopo Pesaro Being Presented by Pope Alexander VI to St Peter
Sale Inventory c.1649-51
WS 70, №31
Titian
Pope Alexander Borgia and Cesare his son
Walpole Society reference (1972):
Appraisal:
100-0-0
Sold to:
Harrison
Sale date:
23/10/1651
Identification certainty:
Identified