School of Tiziano Vecellio, called Titian (1477-1576)

Portrait of King Philip II of Spain, three-quarter length, wearing half armor and the badge of the Order of the Golden Fleece

Details

School of Tiziano Vecellio, called Titian (1477-1576)
Portrait of King Philip II of Spain, three-quarter length, wearing half armor and the badge of the Order of the Golden Fleece
oil on canvas
46 x 34in. (117 x 86.5cm.)

Provenance

Mr. Barlow, Hampton, by whom bequeathed to George, 9th Earl of Carlisle (1843-1911).
His widow, Rosalind, Countess of Carlisle; (+) sale, Sotheby's, London, May 6, 1926, lot 8 (£600 to Mori).

Literature

J.A. Crowe and G.B. Cavalcaselle, Life and Times of Titian, 1877, II, p. 211.
H.E. Wethey, The Paintings of Titian, II, The Portraits, 1971, p. 129.

Exhibited

New York, Brooklyn Museum, on loan, no. 3.63.685.
Jacksonville, FL, Cummer Gallery of Art, 1964, on loan, as Attributed to Alonzo Sanchez Coello.
Miami, FL, The Lowe Art Museum, 1988, on loan as Attributed to Alonzo Sanchez Coello.

Lot Essay

Full-length versions at Capodimonte and in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence, were both regarded by Professor Harold Wethey as the work of Titian with workshop assistance and dated to circa 1554 (Wethey, op. cit., pp. 128-9, nos. 79-80, pls. 179-80). Another three-quarter length variant was sold at Christie's, London, Dec. 10, 1993, lot 81 (£18,000).