The Venus of Urbino by Titian
Category
Photographs
Date
1851 - 1870
Materials
Paper
Measurements
191 x 246 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520700.30
Summary
An albumen print photograph of a painting, in landscape format. The print is mounted onto an album page of heavy white card. The painting is in a rectangular frame. The painting is the Venere Coricata, o piuttosto ritratto dell'amante del duca d'Urbino, or The Venus of Urbino, by Titian. Printed on the photo at the bottom is "2258. FIRENZE - Galleria Uffizi - Venere coricata, o piuttosto ritratto dell'amante del duca d'Urbino; Tiziano Vecellio.".
Provenance
Part of The Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986