Titian's Pietro Aretino

by Francine Prose and Xavier F. Salomon

An essay by Xavier F. Salomon, Frick Curator, paired with a contribution by author Francine Prose bring to life one of Titian's most personal and revealing portraits. Author of lives of saints, scurrilous verses, comedies, tragedies, and innumerable letters, Pietro Aretino (1492-1556) attained considerable wealth and influence, in part through literary flattery and blackmail. Little is known of his early years, but by 1527 he had settled permanently...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1911282719
• ISBN13: 9781911282716
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Giles
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.7" x 9.4"