"the painting depicts giulia varano (1523-1547), first wife of guidobaldo ii; this identification proposed for the first time by gronau is generally accepted by subsequent criticism; the scholar, in particular, identifies it with the painting described as follows in the inventory of the guardaroba of pesaro of 1623-1624 `a medium canvas painting on a panel with ebony frames with work of the varana family's coat of arms with g. G. Tied together in the cantoni leaves and acorns of cerqua with the portrait of the duchess giulia varana` and bases his hypothesis on the motif of the double g that decorates the woman's dress, alluding to the name of the two spouses (guidobaldo and giulia) and on the crimson dress she is wearing, the same one requested by titian in 1547 to create the portrait (letter of 8 november 1547 sent by paolo mario, one of guidobaldo's most trusted servants, to leonardi, his ambassador to venice; see gronau 1936, pp. 7, 65-66, 97-98). [1]. Object Type: painting. Genre: portrait. Date: between circa 1545 and circa 1547. Dimensions: height: 113 cm (44.4 in) ; width: 87 cm (34.2 in). Medium: oil on panel. Depicted People: Giulia Varano. Collection: Galleria Palatina. Titian - Giulia Varano, Duchess of Urbino - WGA22928
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