Titian, now fifty-seven, had traveled in 1545 …
Years: 1547 - 1547
Titian, now fifty-seven, had traveled in 1545 to Rome, where he had been received as a great celebrity and made a citizen of the city.
His triumphant reception had prompted him to paint Pope Paul III and his Grandsons, Cardinals Alessandro and Ottavio Farnese, in 1546.
