In the earlier part of his career Titian had collaborated with Giorgione in Venice. Soon, however, he was fully independent and was recognised as the most talented artist in that city. His fame led him to become the favourite painter of the leading italian families, as well as of Pope Paul III and of the Emperors Charles V and Philip II.
(National Gallery of Ireland: Essential Guide, 2016)
Italian Art from the Thirteenth to the Seventeenth Century, City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, 1955
Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Ireland, National Gallery, London, 1985
Master European Paintings from the National Gallery of Ireland, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 6 June - 9 August 1992; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, 19 September - 6 December 1992; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 13 January - 28 March 1993; IBM Gallery, New York, 27 April - 26 June 1993
Renaissance Venice and the North: Bellini, Durer and Titian, Palazzo Grassi, Venice, 5 September 1999 - 9 January 2000
Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641): Ecce Homo and The Mocking of Christ, Princeton University Art Museum, 9 March - 9 June 2002; The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, The University of Birmingham, 25 October 2002 - 19 January 2003
Der Späte Tizian und die Sinnlichkeit der Malerei, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, 17 October 2007 - 6 January 2008; Venezia Gallerie dell'Academia, Venice, 1 February - 21 April 2008
Revelation, The National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 9 April - 28 September 2008
Renaissance in Venice: Painting in the Age of Titian, Stadelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt, 13 February - 26 May 2019