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Lot 618
  • 618

Roman School, 17th Century after Tiziano Vecellio, called Titian

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Description

  • Tiziano Vecellio, called Titian
  • The Martyrdom of St Peter Martyr
  • oil on canvas, in a painted arch

Catalogue Note

A 17th century copy after Titian's original in SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, destroyed by fire in 1867 (see H. E. Wethey, The Paintings of Titian, I. The Religious Paintings, London 1969, pp. 1, 5, 17, 153-155, reproduced plates 153, 154).