Imaginary Self-Portrait of Titian
Pietro della Vecchia
probably 1650s
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 112.2 x 93.7 cm (44 3/16 x 36 7/8 in.) framed: 138.4 x 120.3 x 10.2 cm (54 1/2 x 47 3/8 x 4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CIS-B
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Timken Collection
Accession Number
1960.6.39
About the Artist
Pietro della Vecchia
Pietro della Vecchia (1603–1678), a versatile Venetian painter from a family of artists, was born in Vicenza or possibly Venice to Gasparo della Vecchia, a painter admitted to the Venetian guild, and belonged to the prominent Dalla Vecchia lineage. In 1649, he married Clorinda Régnier, daughter of the Flemish painter Nicolas Régnier and a painter herself known for her spirited character; their uni...