Identity:

Tiziano Vecello or Vecellio, painter and engraver.

Life:

Titian was greatly admired by Whistler, who was familar with his works in Venice, London and Paris, and saw them at loan exhibitions in London.

Bibliography:

Bénézit, E., Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, 8 vols, Paris, 1956-61; The Grove Dictionary of Art Online, ed. L. Macy, at www.groveart.com (accessed 2004).