New light on Titian's 'Flight into Egypt' in the Hermitage

• Autores: Irina Artemieva
• Localización: Burlington magazine, ISSN 0007-6287, Vol. 154, Nº 1306, 2012, págs. 4-11
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article discusses the c. 1507 painting "Flight into Egypt," by Titian, part of the collection of the State Hermitage Museum in Russia. The author describes 16th-century art historian Giorgio Vasari's description of the painting and traces its attribution and provenance. The author suggests that the painting was originally intended to depict the Adoration in a landscape, as conceived by the artist Giorgione. Also discussed is the conservation and X-radiography of the painting.