Master Paintings Part I

Master Paintings Part I

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Tiziano Vecellio, called Titian

Ecce Homo

Auction Closed

January 26, 05:50 PM GMT

Estimate

1,500,000 - 2,000,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Tiziano Vecellio, called Titian

Pieve di Cadore circa 1485/90 (?) - 1576 Venice

Ecce Homo


oil on canvas

canvas: 32 by 26¼ in.; 81.3 by 66.7 cm.

framed: 40½ by 35 in.; 102.9 by 88.9 cm.

Possibly Paolo Coccapani (1584-1650), Bishop of Reggio Emilia, for whom acquired by Gabriele Balestrieri, 1644;

Possibly Cristoforo Ottoboni, Venice, 1648;

Private collector, Belgium;

From whom acquired and then anonymously sold, New York, Christie's, 29 October 2019, lot 772 (as Studio of Titian);

Where acquired by the present owner.

P. Joannides, "Paintings of the Man of Sorrows by Titian and his studio, II," in Colnaghi Studies Journal 6 (March 2020), p. 64 note 71;

P. Joannides, "The Mocking of Christ, the Recognition of Christ's Divinity and the Ecce Homo by Titian and his Studio," in Titian: Themes and Variations, P. Humfrey (ed.), Florence 2023, forthcoming (as Titian).