''Portrait of Francesco Maria della Rovere'' is a 1536-1538 oil on canvas painting of
Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino
Francesco Maria I della Rovere (25 March 1490 – 20 October 1538) was an Italian condottiero, who was Duke of Urbino from 1508 to 1516 and, after retaking the throne from Lorenzo II de' Medici, from 1521 to 1538.
Biography
He was born ...
by
Titian
Tiziano Vecelli or Vecellio (; 27 August 1576), known in English as Titian ( ), was an Italian (Venetian) painter of the Renaissance, considered the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, nea ...
, now in the
Uffizi
The Uffizi Gallery (; it, Galleria degli Uffizi, italic=no, ) is a prominent art museum located adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in the Historic Centre of Florence in the region of Tuscany, Italy. One of the most important Italian museums ...
in Florence. Signed ''TITIANVS F.
CIT', it forms a pair with the same artist's ''
Portrait of Eleonora Gonzaga della Rovere'', Francesco's wife, also in the Uffizi.
See also
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List of works by Titian
This incomplete list of works by Titian contains representative portraits and mythological and religious works from a large oeuvre that spanned 70 years. (Titian left relatively few drawings.) Painting titles and dates often vary by source.
Lis ...
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Francesco Maria della Rovere
category:1538 paintings
Paintings in the Uffizi