Where can you see Titian in London?

At the National Gallery: Bacchus and Ariadne and The Death of Actaeon. At the Wallace Collection: Perseus and Andromeda. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

What is Titian's most famous work in London?

Bacchus and Ariadne, of 1520 to 1523, at the National Gallery. Ariadne, abandoned on the shore, turns as the god of wine leaps from his chariot towards her, with cheetahs, satyrs and cymbals behind him. The sky is the most famous blue in the gallery.

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?

Painted Bacchus and Ariadne for the private room of the Duke of Ferrara. The Death of Actaeon was bought for the nation in 1972 after a public appeal. Perseus and Andromeda was one of a set painted for Philip II of Spain. Titian was an Italian painter, of the Venetian Renaissance.

Painter, 1488 to 1576

Titian

London shows Titian at both ends of his life: the blazing blue of a young man's mythology, and a hunt painted fifty years later in browns, with his fingers as much as his brush.

Born: 1488, Pieve di Cadore, Italy
Died: 1576, Venice, Italy
Movement: Venetian Renaissance
In London: 3 works in 2 museums

Where to see Titian in London

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

The National Gallery2 works

Bacchus and Ariadne
1520 to 1523
Ariadne, abandoned on the shore, turns as the god of wine leaps from his chariot towards her, with cheetahs, satyrs and cymbals behind him. The sky is the most famous blue in the gallery.
The Death of Actaeon
about 1559 to 1575
The hunter who saw Diana bathing is turned into a stag and pulled down by his own hounds while the goddess strides past. Titian kept it in his studio until he died.

The Wallace Collection1 work

Perseus and Andromeda
1554 to 1556
Andromeda chained to the rock, and Perseus diving head first out of the sky at the sea monster. It hung for years over a bath in the house before anyone knew what it was.

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

Painted Bacchus and Ariadne for the private room of the Duke of Ferrara
The Death of Actaeon was bought for the nation in 1972 after a public appeal
Perseus and Andromeda was one of a set painted for Philip II of Spain

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

Titian: common questions

Where can you see Titian in London?: At the National Gallery: Bacchus and Ariadne and The Death of Actaeon. At the Wallace Collection: Perseus and Andromeda. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Titian's most famous work in London?: Bacchus and Ariadne, of 1520 to 1523, at the National Gallery. Ariadne, abandoned on the shore, turns as the god of wine leaps from his chariot towards her, with cheetahs, satyrs and cymbals behind him. The sky is the most famous blue in the gallery.
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?: Painted Bacchus and Ariadne for the private room of the Duke of Ferrara. The Death of Actaeon was bought for the nation in 1972 after a public appeal. Perseus and Andromeda was one of a set painted for Philip II of Spain. Titian was an Italian painter, of the Venetian Renaissance.