Where can you see Titian in Madrid?

At the Museo del Prado: Emperor Charles V at Mühlberg and Danaë. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

What is Titian's most famous work in Madrid?

Emperor Charles V at Mühlberg, of 1548, at the Museo del Prado. The emperor in armour on a dark horse, lance in hand, alone in a landscape at dusk, after his victory over the Protestant princes in 1547.

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?

Painter to the emperor Charles V and to his son Philip II. The Prado has one of the largest groups of his work. His equestrian portrait of Charles V was a model for those that came after it. Titian was an Italian painter, of the Venetian Renaissance.

Painter, 1488 to 1576

Titian

Titian never came to Spain, but the Spanish kings were his best patrons for thirty years. The Prado has what he painted for them, from the emperor on horseback to the mythologies he called poesie.

Born: 1488, Pieve di Cadore, Italy
Died: 1576, Venice, Italy
Movement: Venetian Renaissance
In Madrid: 2 works in 1 museum

Where to see Titian in Madrid

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

Museo del Prado2 works

Emperor Charles V at Mühlberg
1548
The emperor in armour on a dark horse, lance in hand, alone in a landscape at dusk, after his victory over the Protestant princes in 1547.
Danaë
the 1550s
The princess on her bed as Jupiter comes to her in a shower of gold coins, which her old servant tries to catch in her apron. Painted for Philip II.

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

Painter to the emperor Charles V and to his son Philip II
The Prado has one of the largest groups of his work
His equestrian portrait of Charles V was a model for those that came after it

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

Titian: common questions

Where can you see Titian in Madrid?: At the Museo del Prado: Emperor Charles V at Mühlberg and Danaë. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Titian's most famous work in Madrid?: Emperor Charles V at Mühlberg, of 1548, at the Museo del Prado. The emperor in armour on a dark horse, lance in hand, alone in a landscape at dusk, after his victory over the Protestant princes in 1547.
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?: Painter to the emperor Charles V and to his son Philip II. The Prado has one of the largest groups of his work. His equestrian portrait of Charles V was a model for those that came after it. Titian was an Italian painter, of the Venetian Renaissance.