Where can you see Titian in Florence?

At the Uffizi Gallery: Venus of Urbino and Flora. At the Pitti Palace, Palatine Gallery: La Bella and Portrait of a Young Englishman. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

What is Titian's most famous work in Florence?

Venus of Urbino, of 1538, at the Uffizi Gallery. A young woman lying on a bed, looking straight at whoever looks at her, with two maids at a chest in the room behind. Every reclining nude painted since refers to it.

When and where was Titian born?

About 1488, at Pieve di Cadore, Italy. Titian died on 27 August 1576, at Venice, Italy, aged about 88.

What is Titian known for?

The Venus of Urbino has hung in the Uffizi since the eighteenth century. The Pitti Palace has more than a dozen of his paintings. His works came to Florence with the inheritance of the dukes of Urbino. Titian was an Italian painter, of the Venetian Renaissance.

Painter, 1488 to 1576

Titian

Titian never worked in Florence. His pictures came there by marriage, when the last heiress of Urbino wed a Medici in 1634 and brought her family's collection with her.

Born: 1488, Pieve di Cadore, Italy
Died: 1576, Venice, Italy
Movement: Venetian Renaissance
In Florence: 4 works in 2 museums

Where to see Titian in Florence

Each work with the museum it hangs in. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

Uffizi Gallery2 works

Venus of Urbino
1538
A young woman lying on a bed, looking straight at whoever looks at her, with two maids at a chest in the room behind. Every reclining nude painted since refers to it.
Flora
about 1515
A fair-haired woman in a loose white shift, holding out a handful of flowers.

Pitti Palace, Palatine Gallery2 works

La Bella
1536
An unknown woman in a dress of blue and gold, painted for the Duke of Urbino, who asked for it as the picture of that lady in the blue dress.
Portrait of a Young Englishman
about 1540 to 1545
A man in black with pale grey eyes, whose name nobody knows. It is one of the great portraits of the century.

The life of Titian

Tiziano Vecellio was born in the mountains north of Venice around 1488 and trained in the workshop of Giovanni Bellini. For sixty years he was the first painter of Venice, and the portraitist every ruler in Europe wanted.

He visited Rome in 1545 and 1546 as the guest of the pope, and met Michelangelo. He died in Venice in 1576, during a plague, still painting.

What to know

The Venus of Urbino has hung in the Uffizi since the eighteenth century
The Pitti Palace has more than a dozen of his paintings
His works came to Florence with the inheritance of the dukes of Urbino

Born: About 1488, Pieve di Cadore, Italy
Died: 27 August 1576, Venice, Italy

Titian: common questions

Where can you see Titian in Florence?: At the Uffizi Gallery: Venus of Urbino and Flora. At the Pitti Palace, Palatine Gallery: La Bella and Portrait of a Young Englishman. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Titian's most famous work in Florence?: Venus of Urbino, of 1538, at the Uffizi Gallery. A young woman lying on a bed, looking straight at whoever looks at her, with two maids at a chest in the room behind. Every reclining nude painted since refers to it.
When and where was Titian born?: About 1488, at Pieve di Cadore, Italy. Titian died on 27 August 1576, at Venice, Italy, aged about 88.
What is Titian known for?: The Venus of Urbino has hung in the Uffizi since the eighteenth century. The Pitti Palace has more than a dozen of his paintings. His works came to Florence with the inheritance of the dukes of Urbino. Titian was an Italian painter, of the Venetian Renaissance.