Title: The Death of Actaeon
Date work started: 1559
Date work completed: 1575
Place created: Venice
Patron: Philip II
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Sequence: Itinerary 1 of 16
Owner Name: Titian
In possession from: 1559 to 1575
Location: Casa Grande, Venice
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Likely the painting referred to by Titian in a letter dated June 1559 to Philip II as "Actaeon mauled by his hounds."
Humphrey says the painting was not finished until 1576 (p.202)
Citations: Wethey, Harold E. , The Paintings of Titian, v. 3 : The Mythological and Historical Paintings, (London: Phaidon, 1975) p. 136.
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Sequence: Itinerary 2 of 16
Owner Name: Archduke Leopold Wilhelm
In possession from: Unknown to 1655
Location: Coudenberg Palace, Brussels
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Sequence: Itinerary 3 of 16
Owner Name: Queen Christina
In possession from: 1655 to 1656
Location: Palazzo Farnese
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Citations: Wethey, Harold E. , The Paintings of Titian, v. 3 : The Mythological and Historical Paintings, (London: Phaidon, 1975) p. 137.
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Sequence: Itinerary 4 of 16
Owner Name: Queen Christina
In possession from: 1656 to 1658
Location: Unknown
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Sequence: Itinerary 5 of 16
Owner Name: Queen Christina
In possession from: 1658 to 1689
Location: Palazzo Riario
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Sequence: Itinerary 6 of 16
Owner Name: Cardinal Decio Azzolino
In possession from: 1689 to 1689
Location: Palazzo Riario
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Sequence: Itinerary 7 of 16
Owner Name: Marchese Pompeo Azzolino
In possession from: 1689 to 1692
Location: Palazzo Riario
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Sequence: Itinerary 8 of 16
Owner Name: Prince Odescalchi
In possession from: 1692 to 1721
Location: Palazzo Odescalchi
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Sequence: Itinerary 9 of 16
Owner Name: Duc d'Orléans
In possession from: 1721 to 1798
Location: Palais Royal
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Sequence: Itinerary 10 of 16
Owner Name: Sir Abraham Hume
In possession from: 1798 to 1849
Location: Wormleybury, Hertfordshire
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Sequence: Itinerary 11 of 16
Owner Name: John Hume (Egerton) Cust, Lord Alford
In possession from: 1849 to 1853
Location: Ashridge Park, Hertfordshire
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Sequence: Itinerary 12 of 16
Owner Name: Earl Brownlow
In possession from: 1853 to 1919
Location: Ashridge Park, Hertfordshire
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Sequence: Itinerary 13 of 16
Owner Name: George Henry Hubert Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood
In possession from: 1919 to 1961
Location: Harewood House, Leeds
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Sequence: Itinerary 14 of 16
Owner Name: George Henry Hubert Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood
In possession from: 1961 to 1971
Location: National Gallery
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On loan by Earl of Harewood to National Gallery.
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Sequence: Itinerary 15 of 16
Owner Name: J. Paul Getty
In possession from: 1971 to 1971
Location: Unknown
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Purchased at Christie's sale June 25, 1971 for J. Paul Getty through Julius Wietzner.
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Sequence: Itinerary 16 of 16
Owner Name: National Gallery
In possession from: 1972 to Present
Location: London
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Citations: Wethey, Harold E. , The Paintings of Titian, v. 3 : The Mythological and Historical Paintings, (London: Phaidon, 1975) p. 136.