'La Bella'
after Titian (Pieve di Cadore 1488/90 - Venice 1576)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1800 - 1899
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
787 x 648 mm (31 x 25 1/2 in)
Order this imageCollection
Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk
NT 1210291
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, 'La Bella' after Titian (Pieve di Cadore 1488/90 - Venice 1576), 19th century. A half-length portrait of a young woman, turned partially to the left, gazing at the spectator, she has dark hair which is centrally parted and braided closely to the head. She wears a long, gold chain of heavy links. Her decollete blue and gold dress has short, puffed sleeves, with oversleeves of deep crimson which are ruched and decorated with white bows, down to the wrist. Her hands are concealed behind a low balustrade.This is after Titian's 'La Bella', officially known as 'Ritratto di donna', painted by him around 1536 and now in Florence in the Galleria Palatina of the Palazzo Pitti. White catalogue number 40 l.l.
Provenance
Part of the Bedingfeld collection; presented to the National Trust by Sybil Lyne-Stephens, Lady Paston-Bedingfeld (1883 – 1985), 1952
Makers and roles
after Titian (Pieve di Cadore 1488/90 - Venice 1576), publisher