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After Tiziano Vecellio, called Titian

Danaë

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Lot Closed

May 26, 02:05 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 USD

Lot Details

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Sold Without Reserve

After Tiziano Vecellio, called Titian

Danaë


signed and inscribed lower right: Danae da Tiziano / P.A. Ciappa

oil on canvas, laid on board

canvas: 30 by 41 in.; 76.2 by 104.1 cm.

framed: 37 ¼ by 48 in.; 94.6 by 121.9 cm.

This canvas replicates one of Titian's most celebrated compositions, his earliest rendition of Danaë. Painted for Cardinal Alessandro Farnese in the mid-1540s, that work is today in Naples (Museo del Capodimonte, inv. no. Q 134).