'The first artist' means a lot of important government orders, paid by the city, and personal painting commissions from influential Dukes, Popes and kings. 10-year-old Titian went to Venice to study, and already in 29 received the title of the best artist of Venice. Titian’s father, a statesman, was rational enough to consider the artist’s profession unpromising, but at the same time sensitive enough to allow the boy to develop his extraordinary abilities. A deep, thoughtful, calm, intelligent and harmonious Titian Divine - such a wise old man, whom it is terrible and flattering to ask for advice or life experience, but of course he wasn’t 'a wise old man' for his whole life. TitianFirst of all, Titian lived longer than all the famous artists - 99 years (and this is in the era of the plague and the endless Spanish-French wars being waged in Italy).
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