Pope Paul III and His Grandsons
Titian · 1546
Why it's great
An old pope in a red hat sits in a chair while his two grandsons stand nearby, one of them bowing. Titian painted it in 1546, and the picture was never finished.
Where to see it
📍 Museo di CapodimonteNaples, Italy
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Titian was an Italian painter born in Pieve di Cadore around 1490. He worked in Venice and became the most famous painter in Europe, painting portraits for the Emperor Charles V and King Philip II of Spain with rich color and loose brushwork. He lived to a great age and died in Venice in 1576.
