Title: Tribute Money ( Staatliche Gemäldegalerie); or Christ with the Coin
Date work started: 1516
Date work completed: 1516
Place created: Venice
Patron: Alfonso I d'Este
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Sequence: Itinerary 1 of 8
Owner Name: Titian
In possession from: 1516 to 1516
Location: Ca' del Duca
Notes:
Christopher Nygren has argued for the title change to "Christ with the Coin." Farinella argues that the execution date should be changed to 1520-1.
Citations: Wethey, Harold, The Paintings of Titian, v. 1: The Religious Paintings, (London: Phaidon, 1969) pp. 163-4. Nygren, Christopher, 'Titian's 'Christ with the Coin': Recovering the Spiritual Currency of Numismatics in Renaissance Ferrara"' Renaissance Quarterly vol. 69 : (2016), pp. 449-88. Farinella, Vincenzo, Alfonso I d'Este: Immagini e il potere, (Milan: , 2014) pp. 465-86.
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Sequence: Itinerary 2 of 8
Owner Name: Alfonso I d'Este
In possession from: 1516 to 1534
Location: Castello Estense
Notes:
Wethey only mentions Alfonso I d'Este and then Cesare d'Este when he takes the painting to Modena in 1598 (after the death of Alfonso II d'Este).
Citations: Wethey, Harold, The Paintings of Titian, v. 1: The Religious Paintings, (London: Phaidon, 1969) pp. 163-4.
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Sequence: Itinerary 3 of 8
Owner Name: Ercole II d'Este
In possession from: 1534 to 1559
Location: Castello Estense
Notes:
A 1543 inventory, reproduced in Cittadella, describes the picture as being in the "camerino adorato." The picture is also described as being used as a cabinet in 1559. For this use, see Hood and Hope.
Citations: Cittadella, Luigi Napoleone, Documenti ed illustrazioni riguardanti la storia artistica ferrarese, (Ferrara: , 1868) p. 96. Hood, William, and Charles Hope, 'Titian's Vatican Altarpiece and the Pictures Underneath' Art Bulletin vol. 59 : 4 (1977), p. 547.
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Sequence: Itinerary 4 of 8
Owner Name: Alfonso II d'Este
In possession from: 1559 to 1597
Location: Castello Estense
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Sequence: Itinerary 5 of 8
Owner Name: Cesare d'Este
In possession from: 1597 to 1598
Location: Castello Estense
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Sequence: Itinerary 6 of 8
Owner Name: Cesare d'Este
In possession from: 1598 to 1628
Location: Palazzo Ducale
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Citations: Wethey, Harold, The Paintings of Titian, v. 1: The Religious Paintings, (London: Phaidon, 1969) pp. 163-4.
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Sequence: Itinerary 7 of 8
Owner Name: House of Este
In possession from: 1628 to 1746
Location: Palazzo Ducale
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Sequence: Itinerary 8 of 8
Owner Name: Staatliche Gemäldegalerie
In possession from: 1746 to Present
Location: Staatliche Gemäldegalerie
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Citations: Wethey, Harold, The Paintings of Titian, v. 1: The Religious Paintings, (London: Phaidon, 1969) pp. 163-4.
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