This painting shows a man from the waist up, holding a tablet-like object in his left hand, with a stylus or pencil in his right hand. He has pale skin, a long white beard and mustache, and his head is covered by a black cap. He wears a dark garment and a gold chain around his neck. In the background on the left, there is a white statue of a nude female figure standing on a rectangular pedestal. The rest of the background is dark.
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Imaginary Self-Portrait of Titian

painter Pietro della Vecchia (Venetian, 1602 or 1603 - 1676)

probably 1650s

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 112.2 x 93.7 cm (44 3/16 x 36 7/8 in.) ; framed: 138.4 x 120.3 x 10.2 cm (54 1/2 x 47 3/8 x 4 in.)
Culture
Venetian
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-B
Credit line
Timken Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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