An Eagle
1560/1565
Medium
pen and brown ink on laid paper on decorated mount
Dimensions
overall (upper corners cut): 9.3 × 9.3 cm (3 11/16 × 3 11/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of J. Carter Brown, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Accession Number
1991.62.1
About the Artist
Titian · 1483–1576
Tiziano Vecellio (c. 1488-1576), known as Titian, was the greatest painter of the 16th-century Venetian school and one of the most influential artists in Western art history. Born in Pieve di Cadore in the Venetian Republic, Titian revolutionized painting through his innovative use of color, expressive brushwork, and mastery of oil technique. Trained in Giovanni Bellini's workshop alongside Giorgi...