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Venus of Urbino
Titian
A Venetian canvas that shaped the reclining nude for four centuries, and rarely leaves Florence.
- Artist
- Titian
- Date
- 1534
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 119 × 165 cm
- Location
- Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
History
What the record shows
Painted for Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, and inherited by the Medici with the della Rovere estate.
The canvas is thinly painted with glazes that have grown transparent; loan requests are assessed against light exposure limits.
Provenance
Chain of ownership
- 01Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Urbino, 1538
- 02Della Rovere inheritance to the Medici, 1631
- 03Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
