Titian, Italian Painter(1488-1576)

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Self-Portrait

Just the Facts:

• Name: Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio
• Known (in English) as: Titian
• Birth: Date Unknown c. 1488/1490, Pieve di Cadore, Italy
• Death: August 27, 1576, Venice, Italy
• Language: Italian
• Who he was: Italian Renaissance painter called by contemporaries "The Sun Amidst Small Stars"; best-known works include The Assumption of the Virgin; The Rape of Europa; Allegory of Prudence; Sacred and Profane Love; The Venus of Urbino

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