Title: Worship of Venus
Date work started: 1518
Date work completed: 1519
Place created: Venice
Patron: Alfonso I d'Este
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Sequence: Itinerary 1 of 11
Owner Name: Titian
In possession from: 1518 to 1519
Location: Casa Grande
Notes:
Citations: Brown, David Alan, Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, and the Renaissance of Venetian Painting, (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2006) p. 180. Humfrey, Peter, Titian: The Complete Paintings, (New York: H.N. Abrams, 2007) p. 74.
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Sequence: Itinerary 2 of 11
Owner Name: Alfonso I d'Este
In possession from: 1519 to 1598
Location: Castello Estense
Notes:
Citations: Wethey, Harold E. , The Paintings of Titian, v. 3 : The Mythological and Historical Paintings, (London: Phaidon, 1975) p. 147. Brown, David Alan, Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, and the Renaissance of Venetian Painting, (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2006) p. 180.
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Sequence: Itinerary 3 of 11
Owner Name: Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini
In possession from: 1598 to 1621
Location: Villa Aldobrandini
Notes:
Citations: Wethey, Harold E. , The Paintings of Titian, v. 3 : The Mythological and Historical Paintings, (London: Phaidon, 1975) p. 147. Brown, David Alan, Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, and the Renaissance of Venetian Painting, (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2006) p. 180.
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Sequence: Itinerary 4 of 11
Owner Name: Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi
In possession from: 1621 to 1632
Location: Villa Ludovisi
Notes:
Brown says that Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi only had the painting until 1623. Olimpia Ludovisi had the painting until 1626, when it was in the possession of Prince Niccolo Ludovisi until 1633
Citations: Wethey, Harold E. , The Paintings of Titian, v. 3 : The Mythological and Historical Paintings, (London: Phaidon, 1975) p. 147.
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Sequence: Itinerary 5 of 11
Owner Name: Niccolo Ludovico Ludovisi
In possession from: 1632 to 1637
Location: Villa Ludovisi
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Niccolo acquired the painting in 1633; in August 1633 it was given to the Viceroy of Naples, Manuel de Acevedo (Brown, p.180)
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Sequence: Itinerary 6 of 11
Owner Name: Manuel de Guzman, Conde de Monterrey and Viceroy to Naples
In possession from: 1637 to 1637
Location: Naples
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Sequence: Itinerary 7 of 11
Owner Name: Philip IV
In possession from: 1637 to 1666
Location: Madrid
Notes:
Brown says the painting was given to King Philip IV in 1638
Citations: Wethey, Harold E. , The Paintings of Titian, v. 3 : The Mythological and Historical Paintings, (London: Phaidon, 1975) p. 147. Brown, David Alan, Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, and the Renaissance of Venetian Painting, (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2006) p. 180.
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Sequence: Itinerary 8 of 11
Owner Name: Spanish Royal Family
In possession from: 1666 to 1734
Location: Alcazar of Madrid
Notes:
Citations: Brown, David Alan, Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, and the Renaissance of Venetian Painting, (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2006) p. 180.
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Sequence: Itinerary 9 of 11
Owner Name: Spanish Royal Family
In possession from: 1734 to 1776
Location: Buen Retiro Palace
Notes:
Citations: Brown, David Alan, Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, and the Renaissance of Venetian Painting, (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2006) p. 180.
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Sequence: Itinerary 10 of 11
Owner Name: Spanish Royal Family
In possession from: 1776 to 1821
Location: Royal Palace
Notes:
Citations: Brown, David Alan, Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, and the Renaissance of Venetian Painting, (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2006) p. 180.
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Sequence: Itinerary 11 of 11
Owner Name: Prado Museum
In possession from: 1821 to Present
Location: Prado Museum
Notes:
Citations: Wethey, Harold E. , The Paintings of Titian, v. 3 : The Mythological and Historical Paintings, (London: Phaidon, 1975) p. 146. Brown, David Alan, Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, and the Renaissance of Venetian Painting, (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2006) p. 180. Humfrey, Peter, Titian: The Complete Paintings, (New York: H.N. Abrams, 2007) p. 74.
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