Titian: Love, Desire, Death Exhibition At The National Gallery In London England Editorial Image

Titian’s sensuous interpretation of Classical myths of love, temptation, and punishment , Combining Titian’s remarkable talent as both artist and storyteller, the mythological scenes capture moments of high drama; a fatal encounter, the shameful discovery, a hasty abduction. Titian expertly manipulates paint and colour to dazzling effect; capturing luminous flesh, sumptuous fabrics, water, reflection, and atmospheric, almost enchanted, landscapes. Portrait of a Lady La Schiavona. Portrait of Gerolamo . Titian painted this picture when he was in his early twenties, at a time when private portraits of individual women were still rare