The ''Young Woman in a Black Dress'' is an oil painting by
Titian
Tiziano Vecelli or Vecellio (; 27 August 1576), known in English as Titian ( ), was an Italian (Venetian) painter of the Renaissance, considered the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, nea ...
, dating to around 1520
and now held at the
Kunsthistorisches Museum in
Vienna
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. It was later misattributed to
Palma il Vecchio
Palma Vecchio (c. 1480 – 30 July 1528), born Jacopo Palma, also known as Jacopo Negretti, was a Venetian painter of the Italian High Renaissance. He is called Palma Vecchio in English and Palma il Vecchio in Italian ("Palma the Elder") to di ...
, then to
Giovanni Cariani, until
Roberto Longhi
Roberto Longhi (28 December 1890 – 3 June 1970) was an Italian academic, art historian, and curator. The main subjects of his studies were the painters Caravaggio and Piero della Francesca.
Early life and career
Longhi was born in December 18 ...
reattributed it as by Titian, which is now the critical consensus.
It depicts a woman half-length, facing the viewer, with her torso slightly twisted to give a sense of movement. One hand holds her black dress over her white shift, with a generous cleavage. The woman's physical type recurs in several other works by the artist, such as ''
Flora
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'' and ''
Woman with a Mirror'' - she may have been Titian's mistress, or simply a recurring model.
See also
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List of works by Titian
This incomplete list of works by Titian contains representative portraits and mythological and religious works from a large oeuvre that spanned 70 years. (Titian left relatively few drawings.) Painting titles and dates often vary by source.
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Notes
References
* Francesco Valcanover, ''L'opera completa di Tiziano'', Rizzoli, Milano 1969.
External links
Catalogue page
1520 paintings
Portraits by Titian
Paintings in the Kunsthistorisches Museum
Portraits of women
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