Where can you see Titian in Venice?

At the Basilica dei Frari: Assumption of the Virgin and Pesaro Madonna. At the Gallerie dell'Accademia: Pietà and Presentation of the Virgin at the Temple. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

What is Titian's most famous work in Venice?

Assumption of the Virgin, of 1516 to 1518, at the Basilica dei Frari. The Virgin rising in red over the astonished apostles towards God the Father, the altarpiece that made Titian the first painter of Venice.

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?

His Assumption of 1518 still hangs where he painted it to hang. He is buried in the Frari. His last painting, the Pietà, is in the Accademia. Titian was an Italian painter, of the Venetian Renaissance.

Painter, 1488 to 1576

Titian

Titian spent his long life in Venice and made it the capital of painting. The Assumption he painted for the Frari in his twenties made his name, and the Pietà he left unfinished at his death in the plague of 1576 is in the Accademia.

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

Where to see Titian in Venice

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

Basilica dei Frari2 works

Assumption of the Virgin
1516 to 1518
The Virgin rising in red over the astonished apostles towards God the Father, the altarpiece that made Titian the first painter of Venice.
Pesaro Madonna
1519 to 1526
The Virgin set high and to one side, with saints and the kneeling Pesaro family below, a bold break with the symmetry of altarpieces.

Gallerie dell'Accademia2 works

Pietà
about 1575 to 1576
The Virgin holding the dead Christ in a dark niche, painted for his own tomb and finished after his death by Palma il Giovane.
Presentation of the Virgin at the Temple
1534 to 1538
The small Virgin climbing a great stair before a crowd, still in the room of the Scuola della Carità it was painted for.

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

His Assumption of 1518 still hangs where he painted it to hang
He is buried in the Frari
His last painting, the Pietà, is in the Accademia

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

Titian: common questions

Where can you see Titian in Venice?: At the Basilica dei Frari: Assumption of the Virgin and Pesaro Madonna. At the Gallerie dell'Accademia: Pietà and Presentation of the Virgin at the Temple. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Titian's most famous work in Venice?: Assumption of the Virgin, of 1516 to 1518, at the Basilica dei Frari. The Virgin rising in red over the astonished apostles towards God the Father, the altarpiece that made Titian the first painter of Venice.
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?: His Assumption of 1518 still hangs where he painted it to hang. He is buried in the Frari. His last painting, the Pietà, is in the Accademia. Titian was an Italian painter, of the Venetian Renaissance.