• Venus and Adonis (1553) Prado Museum, Madrid. L: Titian, Portrait of Pope Paul III, detail (1543) Oil on canvas. Paul died of fever on November 10, 1549, and was buried in St. Peter’s. Pope Paul III knew, partly because of external pressure, that the Catholic Church needed to shape up. To start off, Pope Paul III and His Grandsons was painted during Titian’s visit to Rome in the autumn between 1545-1546 and commissioned by the Farnese family. The Pope’s other grandson, Cardinal Alessandro, stands behind a table to our left as he peers directly at the viewer. Pope Paul III and His Grandsons was commissioned by the Farnese family and painted during Titian's visit to Rome between autumn 1545 and June 1546. This caused a rift in the Farnese family that would consume the pope the remainder of his tenure, though he finally reconciled with his son before death. At the request of the pope, the painter travelled to Bologna in May 1543 and there prepared the celebrated official portrait of Pope Paul III Without Cap. Paul’s grandson, Ottavio, was recruited to join Charles, who gave him Pierligui’s land. Pope Paul III and His Grandsons (Italian: Paolo III e i nipoti Alessandro e Ottavio Farnese) is a painting in oil on canvas by Titian, housed in the Museo di Capodimonte, Naples.It was commissioned by the Farnese family and painted during Titian's visit to Rome between autumn 1545 and June 1546. Museo di Capodimonte, Naples. The piece of art that I chose is an oil painting on a canvas called Pope Paul III and His Grandsons by Titian. Destined to the sons of the Pope, Ranuccio and Pier Luigi, it had to be the impressive home of the pontiff. Pope Paul III and his grandson, Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, began to compete with Emperor Charles V for Titian’s services. Pope Paul III had two grandsons that he appointed cardinals, in their teens. R: Britto, Engraved detail after Titian's lost Self-portrait.This well-known painting by Titian of the aging Pope Paul III with his two grandsons has, like most great masterpieces, more to it than often meets the eye. The elderly Pope Paul III is seated in the center of the composition, turning slightly to his left, as his grandson Ottavio enters the scene. A painting of a family group, it is most searching in psychological revelation. 4. Other articles where Paul III and His Grandsons Ottavio and Cardinal Alessandro Farnese is discussed: Titian: Portraits: …most celebrated of all is Paul III and His Grandsons Ottavio and Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (1546). Pope Paul III with his Grandsons Alessandro and Ottavio Farnese 1546 Oil on canvas, 210 x 174 cm Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples: According to Vasari this painting was commissioned by the Farnese family in 1546. Titian arrived to Rome in 1545 and he met there several cardinals and artists and he was even received by Pope Paul III. The cardinal Alessandro the Younger, grandson of Paul III, chose the castle of Caprarola as his country home and charged the architect Vignola for the transformation works in 1559. • Pope Paul III with his Grandsons (1546) Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte. While Pope Paul engaged in rampant nepotism by elevating three young grandsons to the rank of cardinal, and by giving parts of the Papal State to his dissolute son, Pierluigi, and territory to his grandson, Ottavio, this was also a pope who was responsible for serious reform in the church itself. • Portrait of Emperor Charles V Seated (1548) Alte Pinakothek, Munich. He only hired the best people. With his Grandsons by Titian one another hesitantly of Trent III had two Grandsons that he appointed cardinals, their.: Titian, 1545-46 Connection to the Council of Trent ( 1548 ) Alte Pinakothek, Munich a. 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