Titian鈥檚 Lady in White: A Renaissance Mystery
In 2018, Columbus Museum of Art, the first chartered museum in the state of Ohio, marks its 140th anniversary. As part of the anniversary celebrations, Columbus Museum of Art partnered with the Gem盲ldegalerie Alte Meister in Columbus鈥� sister city, Dresden, Germany, to bring Titian鈥檚 masterpiece Portrait of a Lady in White to Ohio. Gem盲ldegalerie鈥檚 collection features paintings from the 15th to the 18th centuries, including major Italian Renaissance works. The most famous painter from The Venetian School, Titian used strong colors as his main expressive device. Mystery has always shrouded the identity of his Lady in White. Is she his daughter Lavinia, is she an ideal picture of female beauty? Theories abound and the true identity of the Lady in White remains a puzzle to this day.
In addition to the Portrait of a Lady in White, the exhibition includes the other baroque portraits from the permanent collection of the Columbus Museum of Art that provide context for the Titian masterpiece such as Anthony van Dyck, Christian Bruce, Countess of Devonshire,鈥� c. 1635 and John Michael Wright, Lady with a Theorbo, circa 1675.
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In 2018, Columbus Museum of Art, the first chartered museum in the state of Ohio, marks its 140th anniversary. As part of the anniversary celebrations, Columbus Museum of Art partnered with the Gem盲ldegalerie Alte Meister in Columbus鈥� sister city, Dresden, Germany, to bring Titian鈥檚 masterpiece Portrait of a Lady in White to Ohio. Gem盲ldegalerie鈥檚 collection features paintings from the 15th to the 18th centuries, including major Italian Renaissance works. The most famous painter from The Venetian School, Titian used strong colors as his main expressive device. Mystery has always shrouded the identity of his Lady in White. Is she his daughter Lavinia, is she an ideal picture of female beauty? Theories abound and the true identity of the Lady in White remains a puzzle to this day.
In addition to the Portrait of a Lady in White, the exhibition includes the other baroque portraits from the permanent collection of the Columbus Museum of Art that provide context for the Titian masterpiece such as Anthony van Dyck, Christian Bruce, Countess of Devonshire,鈥� c. 1635 and John Michael Wright, Lady with a Theorbo, circa 1675.
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