the authentication
this painting was bought at auction - june 1984
harold e wethey was at the auction
after the auction mr wethey told
us that the painting was absolutely a titian
mr weathy had studied the painting for over a week he was sent
to buy it for bauder college in georgia
mr weathey made a mistake in bidding
we
got the painting
mr wethey was the leading authority on titian
all books about titian speak of this large painting as being delivered to federigo gonzaga june
1527
the sitters titian - gonzaga - pietro aretino - caesar maximillian - eleonora gonzaga - isabella
d este gonzaga the image of the man keeping the livestock is hieronimo adorno -
adorno had recently died - he is shown with a halo over his head
scholars have looked for a single portrait of aretino. their translations were not accurate
link here ~ go to page 433 italian ~ go to page 317 english
titian letter suggest using
pietro aretino as the third wiseman "a man who will preach your virtues as saint paul "
the image of pietro aretino is free the image of old adorno, is also free
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