FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE IT WAS ACQUIRED BY THE NATIONAL GALLERY, LONDON, AND THE NATIONAL GALLERIES OF SCOTLAND, TITIAN'S DIANA AND ACTAEON IS GOING ON DISPLAY AT TRAFALGAR SQUARE. DIANA AND ACTAEON WILL HANG IN ROOM 10 OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY FROM 12.SEPTEMBER, AS PART OF A NEW DISPLAY DEMONSTRATING TITIAN'S PROFOUND INFLUENCE ON EUROPEAN ART. PAINTINGS FROM DIVERSE PARTS OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY'S COLLECTION WILL BE SHOWN ALONGSIDE DIANA AND ACTAEON, AND TITIAN'S THE DEATH OF ACTAEON (ACQUIRED IN 1972), INCLUDING WORKS BY CEZANNE, RUBENS, POUSSIN, AND CONSTABLE.
DIANA AND ACTAEON IS ONE OF SIX LARGE-SCALE MYTHOLOGIES INSPIRED BY THE ROMAN POET OVID THAT TITIAN PAINTED FOR KING PHILIP II OF SPAIN. TITIAN BEGAN THE PAINTING AND ITS COMPANION DIANA AND CALLISTO IN 1556, THE YEAR OF PHILIP'S CORONATION. SPURRED ON BY THE PRESTIGE OF A ROYAL PATRONAGE, HE UNLEASHED ASS HIS CREATIVITY TO PRODUCE WORKS OF UNPRECEDENTED BEAUTY AND INVENTIVENESS. TITIAN WORKED FOR THREE YEARS TO PERFECT THESE MASTERPIECES, WHICH WERE SHIPPED TO SPAIN IN 1559. HE CLAIMED THEIR LENGTHY GENESIS WAS DUE TO THE RELENTLESS PAINS HE TOOK TO MAKE SUMPTUOUS WORKS OF ART WORTHY OF A KING. DIANA AND ACTAEON DEPICTS THE FATAL CONSEQUENCES OF A MORTAL TRAGICALLY CAUGHT UP IN AFFAIRS OF THE GODS. IT IS REMARKABLE FOR ITS POWERFUL DRAMATIZATION OF EXTREMES OF HUMAN EMOTION, WITH ITS RICH ARRAY OF COLOURS, CONTRASTING TEXTURES AND ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS.
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