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Titian in London and Madrid. (Report from Europe).(Brief Article)
Alfonso d'Este (1486-1534), duke of Ferrara, had a private retreat called the Camerino d'Alabastro in his castle at Ferrara. This was his inner sanctum where Alfonso surrounded himself with the best of his collections. About 1511 he commissioned a picture from Giovanni Bellini. In 1518 he commissioned three pictures from Titian. This quartet, now known as the Camerino paintings, as well as the other contents of the apartment, were dispersed after Alfonso's death. The Bellini is in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.; two of the Titians are in the Museo National del Prado in Madrid; and the third Titian is in the National Gallery in London.
For the first time in more than four centuries these four works are being reunited. They form the centerpiece of an exhibition entitled Titian at the National Gallery in London, sponsored by Barclays, which is on view from February 19 until May 18. According to David Jaffe, the exhibition's curator, the ...
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