Portrait of Fabrizio Salvaresio explained

Portrait of Fabrizio Salvaresio
Year:	1558
Medium:	Oil on canvas
Height Metric:	112
Width Metric:	88
Metric Unit:	cm
Imperial Unit:	in
Museum:	Kunsthistorisches Museum
City:	Vienna
Accession:	GG_1605

Portrait of Fabrizio Salvaresio is an oil painting by Titian. It is signed and dated 1558, and hangs today in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.

Analysis

According to Georg Gronau, though damaged and repainted, this seems to be a genuine work by Titian, but not of very good quality.^[1] The names of sitter and painter appear on the Tabula ansata in the background, along with the date of composition, 1558.^[2] It is signed, "M.DLVIII, Fabricius Salvaresius, Annv̄ Agens ʟ, Titiani Opus".^[3]

Salvaresio is portrayed as a wealthy merchant with an air of self-confidence, and the negro boy painted in profile at the bottom right of the picture may refer to involvement in the slave trade.

Provenance

From the collection of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm, which, in 1662, came into the possession of Emperor Leopold.

• 1636—Collection of Bartolomeo della Nave, Venice;
• 1638–1649—Collection of the Duke of Hamilton (possibly);
• Collection of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm.

See also

• List of works by Titian

Sources

• Gronau, Georg (1904). Titian. London: Duckworth and Co; New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 275.
• Ricketts, Charles (1910). Titian. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. p. 175.
• "Fabrizio Salvaresio". Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien. Retrieved 23 November 2022.

Notes and References

1. Gronau 1904, p. 275.
2. "Fabrizio Salvaresio". KHM. Retrieved 23-11-2022.
3. Ricketts 1910, p. 175.