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34 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
University of Warwick
Clientele cittadine, affari privati e produzione di bottega : Tiziano e i Balbi dal Legname
Based on archival research, this article addresses Titian’s relationship with the Balbis: a middle-class Venetian family related to him, with whom he shared interests in the timber trade. It discloses connections between the artist and affluent circles of the Venetian bourgeoisie in the years 1550-70s, which included lawyers and members of the State bureaucracy, as well as shopkeepers and colour merchants connected with the Scuola della Carità. The analysis demonstrates both how this extended network was supported by Titian’s prestige, and how it fostered the artist’s social ambitions at the same time as his artistic activity.