Collection Online
Titian and his mistress
Medium
etching and engraving
Measurements
16.7 × 14.5 cm (image) 18.8 × 14.9 cm (plate) 19.7 × 15.6 cm (sheet)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
New Hollstein 628 i/ii (copy a) (Van Dyck); Hollstein 6 (Pauli); Hollstein 514 (Van Dyck)
Edition
1st of 2 states
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Titian. pinxit.
printed in ink l.r.: APauli (AP in monogram) fecit.
printed in ink l.l.-l.r.: Ecce viro quæ grata ſuo eſt, nec pulchrior vlla: / Pignora coniugii ventre pudica gerit. / Sed tamen an viuens, an mortua, picta tabella, / Hæc magni Titiani, arte notanda refert.
Accession Number
X381-5
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Everard Studley Miller Bequest, 1959
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Portraits Relationships and Interactions
Subjects (specific)
artists (visual artists) elderly men (male humans) mistresses (romantic partners) self-portraits skulls (skeleton components) Titian women (female humans)