Portrait of Pietro Aretino Self-researched

A commanding portrait of the Renaissance poet and satirist Pietro Aretino, painted possibly for Cosimo I de' Medici. Titian renders his friend in richly textured robes with bold, almost impressionistic brushwork. Aretino famously complained that the finish was too sketchy, yet the vigorous technique is now admired as proto-modern. Displayed in the Sala di Venere.