Titian, Tiziano Vecelli - Woman with a Mirror. Vanitas 1515
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Woman with a Mirror. Vanitas 1515
93x76cm oil on canvas
Louvre, Paris, France
The image is only being used for informational and educational purposes
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From Louvre, Paris:
Titian has pictured this sensuous young Venetian woman daydreaming at her toilet, holding her rope of hair in one hand and a perfume bottle in the other. She is standing, face-on, and is wearing a green dress with shoulder straps and a loose pleated white blouse which is open, revealing her left shoulder. A bearded man in a red doublet is holding two mirrors for her, one in front and the other behind. The painting is tightly focused on the two figures, which fill the entire space. The classical layout is particularly clear thanks to the harmonious way the forms echo each other. For example, the young woman's oval face and the round mirror echo the curving lines of her unclothed arm, right sleeve, plump shoulders, and generous décolleté.