Bildnis des Don Pedro Álvarez de Toledo,

um 1540/45

Material / Technology / Carrier

Leinwand

Dimensions of the object

140,3 x 117,6 cm

Displayed

AP OG Saal V

Department

Italienische Malerei

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

WAF 1085

Acquisition

Aus der Sammlung des Königshauses – seit 1923 Wittelsbacher Ausgleichsfonds

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München

Citation

Tiziano Vecellio, gen. Tizian(und Werkstatt), Bildnis des Don Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, um 1540/45, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/0vxonO342V (Last updated on 23.07.2024)

Titian painted this figure with his serious, noble expression, as a knee-length portrait—an especially dignified format. The fur, the heavy gold chain, the red cross of the Order of Santiago, the sword and the baton demonstrate status and political prominence. It may possibly be Pedro Álvarez de Toledo (c. 1480 – 1553) who was the Spanish Viceroy of Naples from 1532 until 1553. Due to the discrepancy between the age given on the picture and the date favoured by research the identification of the figure, however, remains contentious.