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TIZIANO A MILANO A PALAZZO MARINO



Un omaggio alla femminilità e al mistero della bellezza nel sensuale gioco degli specchi. Il capolavoro giovanile di Tiziano (Pieve di Cadore, 1480 – 1485 – Venezia, 1576) Donna allo Specchio (1515 ca.) giunge a Milano dal Museo del Louvre dove resterà in esposizione nella Sala Alessi di Palazzo Marino until the 6th of January 2011. A young woman from the conscious and innocent beauty in the simplicity of a gesture reveals the charm of her femininity. The woman dissolves the hair while looking at her reflection in the mirrors a passionate lover who gives her with devotion. An intimate scene is tinged with a subtle eroticism in which fans show their passion in your eyes. The mirror, an object much sought after and elegant, reflecting the nature of things, revealing the hidden aspects, the symbols that have been allocated in the course of centuries are related to the distorted images of the first reflecting surfaces that have helped create the legend of the reflection vice of the human soul. The white shirt Women's underwear is a revealing neckline part of an attractive symbol of voluptuousness, "brings the soul and heart, a sign of fertility and an offering of love, deductive recall" (Augusto Gentili). This is a work of light reading, without any allegorical veiling. The man is attracted by the long blond hair that caresses the woman with one hand while the other takes a small glass vial. The man is wrapped in a warm twilight while the woman is struck by a light that illuminates it, highlighting the soft and gentle gaze. The contemplation of beauty is explicitly erotic. The painting by Titian painting is sensual, soft, sensual, built on the points of shadow and light areas, a modern language that will inspire the Caravaggio painting. His figures exude a sensuality that it can be regarded as portraits of courtesans.

Titian had a deep bond with Milan and Philip II, son of Charles V, who was among its largest clients, primarily in the last years of his activities.


Following the French Revolution, the Woman in the mirror was confiscated by the Superintendent in Versailles with other one hundred twenty-five paintings and taken to the old Louvre in September 1792. "The painting is included in the Catalogue des objets dans la Galerie du Museum Contenus francais of 1793 as Titian's portrait of the lover."


Written by Antonella Colaninno


Milano, Palazzo Marino - Sala Alessi
from December 3, 2010
6 January 2011