Hall 28 – Tiziano & Sebastiano del Piombo
This very interesting room is dedicated to the leading figure of Venetian school: Titian.
Great portraitist, much sought by all the European courts, rich and famous, Titian is perhaps the supreme exponent of Venetian painting together with his masters, brothers Giovanni and Gentile Bellini and his famous colleague, the enigmatic Giorgione.
Venetian Renaissance painting always privileged color over drawing, just the opposite of what happened in Florence, where the drawing tradition was stronger. Moreover, the humid climate of the lagoon did not allow the fresco technique or the use of wooden boards, more vulnerable to damp. For this reason the oil technique and the use of the canvas spread more and more.
From a stylistic point of view, Venetian painting focuses on the color and its shades, as well as on the landscape, the light, and the relationship between man and nature.
In this room we can admire some famous works by great Titian, such as the famous Venus of Urbino (1538), a masterpiece of sophistication and sensuality or Flora (c. 1515-1517).
Moreover, in the same room are also important works by other Venetian painters like Sebastiano del Piombo, and Jacopo Palma il Vecchio.
