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Un Titien pour l’Ashmolean Museum

Tiziano Vecellio, dit le Titien (1489/1490-1576)
L’Amour triomphant de la Force, 1545
Huile sur toile - Diamètre : 85 cm
Oxford, Ashmolean Museum
Photo : The Art Fund
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27/6/09– Acquisition – Oxford, Ashmolean Museum – Grâce à l’Acceptance in Lieu (équivalent britannique de la dation) et à la somme de 180 000 £ apportée en complément par The Art Fund, l’Ashmolean Museum d’Oxford vient de s’enrichir d’une peinture de Titien, L’Amour triomphant de la Force (ill.). Ce tondo montre Cupidon armé de son arc debout sur un lion sur un fond de paysage. L’œuvre était couverte de repeints mais son examen et sa restauration par la National Gallery de Londres aurait montré sa qualité et prouvé son caractère autographe.

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