Material: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 89.7cm X 73.6cm

Genre: portrait

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  Sequence: Itinerary 1 of 14

  Owner Name: Titian
  

  In possession from: 1542 to 1542

  Location: Venice

  Notes:

  Painting was executed in Venice where Ranuccio had been sent to be prior of San Giovanni Forlani. Commissioned as a gift for Ranuccio's mother, Girolama Orsini, by one of Ranuccio's tutors, the bishop of Brescia.

  Citations: Wethey, Harold E. , The Paintings of Titian, v. 2: The Portraits, (London: Phaidon, 1971) pg. 98. Humfrey, Peter, Titian: The Complete Paintings, (New York: H.N. Abrams, 2007) p. 140. Jaffe, David, Titian, (London: Yale University Press, 2003) p. 136. Ilchman, Frederick, Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese: Rivals in Renaissance Venice, (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 2009) p. 56.

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  Sequence: Itinerary 2 of 14

  Owner Name: Farnese Family
  

  In possession from: 1542 to 1680

  Location: Palazzo Farnese

  Notes:

  There is no documentation of when exactly this painting travels from Venice to Rome. It first appears in a Farnese inventory in 1620, but it is assumed to be there earlier than 1620.

  Citations: Ilchman, Frederick, Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese: Rivals in Renaissance Venice, (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 2009) p. 219.

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  Sequence: Itinerary 3 of 14

  Owner Name: Farnese Family
  

  In possession from: 1680 to 1734

  Location: Palazzo del Giardino

  Notes:

  Wethey says the Farnese collection was transferred to Naples sometime in the mid-eighteenth century

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  Sequence: Itinerary 4 of 14

  Owner Name: Charles III of Spain
  

  In possession from: 1734 to 1789

  Location: Palazzo di Capodimonte

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  Sequence: Itinerary 5 of 14

  Owner Name: Ferdinand IV of Naples
  

  In possession from: 1789 to 1798

  Location: Palazzo di Capodimonte

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  Sequence: Itinerary 6 of 14

  Owner Name: Ferdinand IV of Naples
  

  In possession from: 1798 to 1815

  Location: Palazzo dei Normanni

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  Sequence: Itinerary 7 of 14

  Owner Name: House of Savoy
  

  In possession from: 1861 to Unknown

  Location: Palazzo di Capodimonte

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  Sequence: Itinerary 8 of 14

  Owner Name: Sir George Donaldson
  

  In possession from: Unknown to 1880

  Location: New Bond Street

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  Sequence: Itinerary 9 of 14

  Owner Name: Sir John Charles Robinson
  

  In possession from: 1880 to 1885

  Location: 107 Harley Street

  Notes:

  Citations: Jaffe, David, Titian, (London: Yale University Press, 2003) p. 136.

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  Sequence: Itinerary 10 of 14

  Owner Name: Sir Francis Cook
  

  In possession from: 1885 to 1945

  Location: Doughty House, Richmond Hill

  Notes:

  Citations: Wethey, Harold E. , The Paintings of Titian, v. 2: The Portraits, (London: Phaidon, 1971) p. 99.

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  Sequence: Itinerary 11 of 14

  Owner Name: Count Alessandro Contini-Bonacossi
  

  In possession from: 1945 to 1947

  Location: Villa Vittoria

  Notes:

  Citations: Wethey, Harold E. , The Paintings of Titian, v. 2: The Portraits, (London: Phaidon, 1971) p. 99.

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  Sequence: Itinerary 12 of 14

  Owner Name: Gualtiero Volterra
  

  In possession from: 1947 to 1948

  Location: London

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  Sequence: Itinerary 13 of 14

  Owner Name: Samuel H. Kress Foundation
  

  In possession from: 1948 to 1952

  Location: Samuel H. Kress Foundation

  Notes:

  Citations: Wethey, Harold E. , The Paintings of Titian, v. 2: The Portraits, (London: Phaidon, 1971) p. 99.

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  Sequence: Itinerary 14 of 14

  Owner Name: National Gallery
  

  In possession from: 1952 to Present

  Location: National Gallery

  Notes:

  Citations: Wethey, Harold E. , The Paintings of Titian, v. 2: The Portraits, (London: Phaidon, 1971) p. 99.

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