Vanity (Titian)

Vanity is an oil painting by the Italian late Renaissance painter Titian, dated to around 1515 and now held at the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, Germany.

Vanity

Artist	Titian
Year	c. 1515[1]
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	97 cm × 81.2 cm (38 in × 32.0 in)
Location	Alte Pinakothek, Munich

History

The work was perhaps in Emperor Rudolf II's gallery in Prague, before becoming part of that of the Electors of Bavaria. It has part of the Munich museum's collection since 1884. The first mention dates to 1748, as a work by Francesco Salviati. It was later attributed to Palma the Elder, Giorgione, il Pordenone and finally Titian.

Radio analysis has proved the presence of workshop additions (in particular to the mirror) above an original, probably by Titian, based on the Woman at the Mirror.

Description

The painting portrays an idealized beautiful woman, a model established in the Venetian school by Titian's master Giorgione with his Laura. She holds an oval mirror with a frame, which reflects some jewels and a maid who is searching in a case.

The woman was portrayed by Titian in numerous other works of the period, including the Woman at the Mirror, Salome and Flora, as well as some Holy Conversations.

Notes

"Die Eitelkeit der Welt" (in German). Alte Pinakothek. Retrieved 24 September 2020.

References

Valcanover, Francesco (1969). L'opera completa di Tiziano (in Italian). Milan: Rizzoli.

Titian
List of works
Portraits	Jacopo Pesaro being presented by Pope Alexander VI to Saint Peter (1503–1506) A Man with a Quilted Sleeve (c. 1509) La Schiavona (1510–1512) Of a Man (1512) Shepherd with a Flute (c. 1510-1515) A Knight of Malta (c. 1515) Vincenzo Mosti (c. 1520) Young Woman in a Black Dress (c. 1520) Man with a Glove (c. 1520) Laura Dianti (c. 1520–1525) Alfonso I d'Este (1523) Federico II Gonzaga (c. 1529) Portrait of Alfonso d'Avalos with a Page (1533) Charles V with a Dog (1533) Ippolito de' Medici (1533) Giacomo Doria (1533–1535) Isabella d'Este (1534–1536) La Bella (c. 1536) Girl in a Fur (1536-1538) Eleonora Gonzaga della Rovere (1538) Francesco Maria della Rovere (1538) A Young Englishman (1540–1545) Clarissa Strozzi (1542) The Vendramin Family (1543–1547) Pietro Aretino (1545) Lavinia Vecellio (c. 1545) Pope Paul III (1545–46) Pope Paul III and His Grandsons (1545–46) Pier Luigi Farnese (1546) Charles V (on horseback) (1548) Charles V (seated) (1548) Isabella of Portugal (1548) A General (c.1550) Philip II in Armour (1550) Portrait of Philip II (1554) Christina of Denmark (1555–56) Jacopo Strada (1567–68) Portrait of a Lady in White (c. 1561)
Self portraits	Self-Portrait (1546–47) Self-Portrait (c. 1560)
Secular	Pastoral Concert (c. 1509 – also attributed to Giorgione) Dresden Venus (with Giorgione, c. 1510) Miracle of the Jealous Husband (1511) The Three Ages of Man (c. 1512–1514) Sacred and Profane Love (c. 1514) The Feast of the Gods (1514) Lucretia and her Husband (1515) The Bravo (c. 1515) Flora (c. 1515) Salome (c. 1515) Vanity (c. 1515) Violante (c. 1515) Woman with a Mirror (c. 1515) The Worship of Venus (1518–19) Venus Anadyomene (c. 1520) Bacchus and Ariadne (1520–1523) The Bacchanal of the Andrians (1523–1526) Eleven Caesars (1536-1540) Venus of Urbino (1538) Alfonso d'Avalos Addressing his Troops (1540) Venus and Musician (1540s on, series) The Punishment of Tythus (1549) Danaë (series) (1543–1565) Venus and Adonis (several versions) Pardo Venus (1551) Venus with a Mirror (1555) Perseus and Andromeda (1554-1556) Diana and Actaeon (1556–1559) Diana and Callisto (1556–1559) The Death of Actaeon (c. 1559–1575) The Rape of Europa (c. 1560–1562) Venus Blindfolding Cupid (c. 1565) Allegory of Prudence (c. 1565–1570) Tarquin and Lucretia (comp. 1571) Flaying of Marsyas (1570–1576)
Religious	Christ Carrying the Cross (c. 1505 – also attributed to Giorgione) Bache Madonna (c. 1508) Lochis Madonna (1508-1510) St. Mark Enthroned (c. 1510) The Gypsy Madonna (c. 1510) Holy Family with a Shepherd (c.1510) Rest on the Flight into Egypt (c. 1512) Balbi Holy Conversation (c. 1513) Noli me tangere (c. 1514) Madonna of the Cherries (1515) The Tribute Money (c. 1516) Assumption of the Virgin (1516–1518) The Virgin and Child with Saint George and Saint Dorothy (1516–1518) Pesaro Madonna (1519–1526) Gozzi Altarpiece (1520) Malchiostro Annunciation (c. 1520) The Entombment of Christ (c. 1520) Averoldi Polyptych (1520–1522) The Aldobrandini Madonna (1530) The Madonna of the Rabbit (1530) Madonna of the Roses (c.1530) Saint Jerome in Penitence (1531) Penitent Magdalene (1533) The Presentation of the Virgin at the Temple (1534-1538) Saint John the Baptist (1540) The Crowning with Thorns (1542–43) The Fall of Man (c. 1550) Saint Jerome in Penitence (1552) The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence (c. 1548–1559) La Gloria (1554) Mater Dolorosa (c. 1555) Saint Jerome in Penitence (1575) Crucifixion (1558) The Entombment (1559) St Margaret and the Dragon (c. 1559) Annunciation (1559–1564) Madonna and Child with Saints Luke and Catherine of Alexandria (c. 1560) Penitent Magdalene (1565) Religion saved by Spain (1572-1575) Saint Sebastian (c. 1575) The Crowning with Thorns (1576) Pietà (1576)
Related	Orazio Vecellio (son) Francesco Vecellio (brother)

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