''Portrait of a Man'' is an oil on canvas painting by

Titian Tiziano Vecellio (; 27 August 1576), Latinized as Titianus, hence known in English as Titian ( ), was an Italian Renaissance painter, the most important artist of Renaissance Venetian painting. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, near Belluno. Ti ...

, dating to ''c.'' 1512.

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attributed it to

Giorgione Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco (; 1470s – 17 September 1510), known as Giorgione, was an Italian painter of the Venetian school during the High Renaissance, who died in his thirties. He is known for the elusive poetic quality of his work, ...

and Richter to

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, but

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, Suida, Phillips, Morassi, Pallucchini and Pignatti all attributed it to

. Owned by the

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in Venice, it passed through various owners, including W. Savage in London and Benjamin Altman in New York, who bequeathed it to the

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in 1913.Catalogue entry
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Bibliography

*Francesco Valcanover, ''L'opera completa di Tiziano'', Rizzoli, Milano 1969.

References

Portraits by Titian Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1512 paintings Portraits of men {{1510s-painting-stub

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