Boy with Dogs in a Landscape

Titiaan (Tiziano Vecellio) (in 1565 - 1576)

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Michael Ryan asked

Was this painting part of a larger canvas that was reduced in size?
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen answered

Dear Michael, In 1936 and 1975 it was suggested that this painting is a fragment of a bigger scene, maybe with Venus and Adonis. But other art historians have countered this idea. They were convinced that it is made as an independent painting (late, Titian was between 80 and 90 years old when he painted it) and that the painting was made just a little bit smaller at the edges, maybe 10-12 centimeters. In 1982, it was suggested that the painting was related to Titian's portrait of a man with a white dog in Kassel, and that it must have been comissioned by the same person. This might have been Gabriele Serbelloni from Milan. Both paintings are connected to Greek-Roman antiquity, the boy in this painting might be Bacchus. Kind regards, Els
Laura Palombaro asked

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Dears,
Can I have more information about Boy with Dogs in a Landscape of Tiziano Vecellio? In particular, When the painting entered in the Museum of Boijmans's collection?
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen answered

Dear Laura, of course. This painting was acquired with the collection of D.G. Van Beuningen in 1958. The purchase of his collection was so important that the name of the museum then changed to 'Boijmans Van Beuningen'. You can find a lot more information about this online. Best, Lisa

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This is the only painting by Titian in a Dutch collection. The Venetian master painted this picture when he was already between eighty and ninety years old. The broad brushstrokes on coarse linen are characteristic of his late style. The meaning of the image remains unclear.

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Title	Boy with Dogs in a Landscape
Material and technique	Oil on canvas
Object type	Painting > Painting > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Location	This object is in storage

Dimensions	Height Error: 99,5 is not a valid BCD value cm Width 117 cm
Artists	Painter: Titiaan (Tiziano Vecellio)
Accession number	2569 (OK)
Credits	Acquired with the collection of D.G. Van Beuningen, 1958
Department	Old Masters
Acquisition date	1958
Creation date	in 1565 - 1576
Collector	Collector / D.G. van Beuningen
Internal exhibitions	The Collection Enriched (2011) De collectie als tijdmachine (2017) Lievelingen (2024)
External exhibitions	Leve Frans Hals! verjaarsfeest met kleurrijke gasten (2013) Renaissance Venice: The Triumph of Beauty and the Destruction of Painting (2017) Titian and the Renaissance in Venice (2019)
Material	Canvas > Worked fibres > Fibre > Vegetable material > Organic material > Material > Material and technique Oil > Paint > Artist's material > Material > Material and technique
Object	Painting > Painting > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Geographical origin	Italy > Southern Europe > Europe