Titian : a series of mythological paintings classified by the term “poesie” intended for King Philip II of Spain taking subjects from the Roman poet Ovid’s Metamorphoses
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| Danaë, delivered to Philip in 1553, now Wellington Collection |
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| Venus and Adonis, delivered 1554, Museo del Prado |
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| Perseus and Andromeda, c. 1554–1556, Wallace Collection |
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| Diana and Actaeon, 1556–1559, London’s National Gallery and the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh |
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| Diana and Callisto, 1556–1559, London’s National Gallery and the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh |
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| The Rape of Europa, c. 1560–1562, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum |
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| The Death of Actaeon, c. 1559-1575, never delivered, National Gallery London |






