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After Tiziano Vecellio, called Titian

Venus of Urbino

Lot closes

April 15, 11:23 AM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 GBP

Starting Bid

5,000 GBP

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Lot Details

Description

After Tiziano Vecellio, called Titian

Venus of Urbino


oil on canvas, unframed

117.9 x 170 cm.; 46⅜ x 66⅞ in.

Probably de Jersey Vavassone Collection, Guernsey;

Probably anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 13 December 1957, lot 127 (as 'Titian'), for 60 guineas, to Plugge;

Probably the Trustees of the Meyrick 1968 Combined Trust;

Probably by whom sold, London, Christie's, 24 July 1981, lot 55 (as after Titian);

Anonymous sale, Stansted, Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers, 25 June 2024, lot 38 (as after Titian);

Where acquired by the present owner.

This composition closely relates to Titian's celebrated painting of the subject, which hangs today in the Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence.1


1 Inv. no. 1437; oil on canvas, 119 x 165 cm.