The Life of Titian, Vol. 1 of 2: With Anecdotes of the Distinguished Persons of His Time (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Life of Titian, Vol. 1 of 2: With Anecdotes of the Distinguished Persons of His TimeVies des Peintres, fix it in 1477, and make him ninety-nine at his death but as Giorgione was confessedly older than Titian, and was born in 1478, I have preferred the joint authorities of Vasari and Sandrart, who affirm that Titian was born in 1480, at Capo del Cadore, a small town On the borders Of the r1ver' Pieve, about five miles from the Alps and dependent on Cadore, on the confines Of Friuli, under the Venetian government. His parents were called Vecelli; Of an honourable family, to which belonged St Titian, Bishop Of Odezza, from whom, no doubt, our artist derived his name. He was sent, when a child Of nine Or ten years Old, to Venice, to be placed in the house and under the care Of his father's brother, who was possessed of one of those lucrative Officesiwhich were always given to citizens of eminence.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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