logo
Log in
EN
IT
FR
DE
ES
logo
EN
IT
FR
DE
ES
artsupp banner
Log in
Globe
Beheading of the rhinoceros
Without title
Untitled
Without title
Without title
Indivisible quartet
Room for voices
Time, mistake, space
Without title
Yellow surface
River bed
A J L B
Without title
Checks. Tribute to Niepce
Amalfi box
Big Black Cretto
Basin
Without title
Shock wave
White gold room
Flagellation of Christ
Judith and Holofernes
Vesuvius
Portrait of Paul III with his grandchildren
Danae
Portrait of a young woman called Antea
The Parable of the Blind
Atalante by Ippomena
Transfiguration of Christ
Madonna and Child with Angels
Crib group with the Nativity
Sant'Agata
Portrait of fra luca Pacioli with a pupil
Hercules at the crossroads
Apollo and Marsyas
Saint Jerome in the study
From Frisio to Santa Lucia or Neapolitan song
Crucifixion
Madonna of the veil
Portrait of Pier Luigi Farnese in armor
Globe
Beheading of the rhinoceros
Without title
Untitled
Without title
Without title
Indivisible quartet
Room for voices
Time, mistake, space
Without title
Yellow surface
River bed
A J L B
Without title
Checks. Tribute to Niepce
Amalfi box
Big Black Cretto
Basin
Without title
Shock wave
White gold room
Flagellation of Christ
Judith and Holofernes
Vesuvius
Portrait of Paul III with his grandchildren
Danae
Portrait of a young woman called Antea
The Parable of the Blind
Atalante by Ippomena
Transfiguration of Christ
Madonna and Child with Angels
Crib group with the Nativity
Sant'Agata
Portrait of fra luca Pacioli with a pupil
Hercules at the crossroads
Apollo and Marsyas
Saint Jerome in the study
From Frisio to Santa Lucia or Neapolitan song
Crucifixion
Madonna of the veil
Portrait of Pier Luigi Farnese in armor

Portrait of Paul III with his grandchildren

Tiziano Vecellio, detto Tiziano

Displayed in:

Capodimonte Museum

Capodimonte Museum

Via Miano, 2, Naples

Closed today: open tomorrow at 08:30

Verified profile

On a dark background, cut transversely by a red curtain, are portrayed Paul III and his nephews, Cardinal Alessandro and Ottavio, sons of Pier Luigi. Tiziano realizes the very personal interpretation of a family portrait making every single physiognomy, every gesture represented the vehicle of a state of mind: in an apparent calm you can feel the climate of suspicion and conspiracies, of fear and mistrust that made the atmosphere so gloomy. of the Farnese house. The portrait was made just when Paul III, who even had close relations with Charles V by arranging the marriage of Octavius with Margaret, the natural daughter of the emperor, moved diplomatically to make agreements with France through the marriage of another nephew, Horace , with Diana of France. Ottavio in an obsequious pose seems to flatter his grandfather who, unstable, with a wary expression, remains in the chair. A symphony of reds is in this case the pictorial medium used for the work, which the artist, who arrived in Rome in 1545, left incomplete to return to Venice in May 1546, disappointed by the lack of answers to the promises that Cardinal Alessandro had cleverly used as a means to persuade the artist to work for the Farnese.
Read more

Details

Title: Portrait of Paul III with his grandchildren

Author: Tiziano Vecellio, detto Tiziano

Date: 1545-46

Technique: Oil painting on canvas

Displayed in: Capodimonte Museum

Exhibitions

about the artist

All ongoing and upcoming exhibitions where there are works by

Other works

at Naples

Related Searches

See more