Portrait of Federico II Gonzaga | |
Artist: | Titian |
Medium: | Oil on canvas |
Height Metric: | 125 |
Width Metric: | 99 |
Metric Unit: | cm |
Imperial Unit: | in |
Museum: | Spanish; Castilian: [[Museo del Prado]]|italic=no |
Portrait of Federico II Gonzaga is a painting by Titian, who signed it Ticianus f.. Today in the Spanish; Castilian: [[Museo del Prado]]|italic=no, Madrid, it portrays Federico II, Duke of Mantua who married in 1529; the portrait may have been commissioned for the occasion. The dog, a Maltese, is a symbol of faithfulness.[1]
The work is mentioned in a 1666 inventory of the Royal Alcázar of Madrid, coming from the collection of the Marquess of Leganés. Previous owners included Charles I of England, who purchased many paintings from the Gonzaga collection.