Violante (Titian)

Violante is an oil painting attributed to Titian, dated to around 1515 and now held at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.

Violante
ArtistTitian
Yearc. 1515[1]
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions64.5 cm × 50.8 cm (25.4 in × 20.0 in)
LocationKunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

History

The work was part of the Venetian collection of Bartolomeo della Nave and in 1636, it was sold to the Duke of Hamilton, who brought it to London. In 1659, it was acquired by Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, whose collection later became part of the current museum.

The title refers to the traditional identification with Violante, the daughter of painter Palma the Elder (to whom the painting was assigned for a long time), which has however no proof. An etching by David Teniers the Younger show the painting having larger size, although a representation of the archduke's gallery from the same artist depicts it in the same current size.[2] The painting must have been a popular painting when it was in the Archduke's cabinet, as it was portrayed in his gallery paintings.

  • Etching from the Arolsen klebeband, a version of the catalog by Teniers, which shows the Palma the Elder attribution
  • This painting, along with its pendant The Bravo in the frontispiece for Teniers the Younger's catalog of 1659-1673
  • Archduke's gallery (collection Prado)
  • Archduke's gallery (collection Kunsthistorisches Museum)
  • Archduke's gallery (collection Petworth House)

The work was attributed to Titian by Italian art historian Roberto Longhi. The woman portrayed is very similar to that in the Balbi Holy Conversation and a series of portraits of wavy-haired blonde women such as the Woman at the Mirror, Flora, the Vanity, Salome and the Young Woman with Black Dress.

Notes
  1. "Violante". Kunsthistorisches Museum. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  2. Catalog #194 in Teniers the Younger's publication Theatrum Pictorium
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References
  • Valcanover, Francesco (1969). L'opera completa di Tiziano (in Italian). Milan: Rizzoli.


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