Shown from the waist up, an older, pale-skinned man wearing clerical robes gestures to our right with one hand and turns his head to look off to our left in this vertical portrait painting.

Venice: Bellini to Tintoretto

Cardinal Pietro Bembo

Titian

artist Titian (Venetian, 1488/1490–1576)

date 1539/1540

medium Oil on canvas

origin Italy

dimensions 94.5 × 76.5 cm

credit line Samuel H. Kress Collection

hall 10 Venice: Bellini to Tintoretto

rights public domain (CC0)

National Gallery of Art, Washington Full image

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