Die Eitelkeit der Welt,

um 1520

Material / Technology / Carrier

Leinwand

Dimensions of the object

97 x 81,2 cm

Displayed

AP OG Saal V

Department

Italienische Malerei

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

483

Acquisition

Aus der Kammergalerie Kurfürst Maximilians I.

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München

Citation

Tizian (Tiziano Vecellio), Die Eitelkeit der Welt, um 1520, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/8eGVD2wxWQ (Last updated on 30.01.2023)

With his sensuous depictions of beautiful women Titian created numerous variations of a type of erotic painting that was commonly found in Venice. The so-called belle donne are idealised images that are generally laden with symbolic meaning. Here, the mirror initially identified the young woman as an allegory of prudence or pride. Years later, Titian himself added the objects seen in the mirror and the snuffed candle. With these references to the fleetingness of all earthly things, he transformed beauty into vanitas.