{"product_id":"titians-hidden-double-portrait","title":"Titian's Hidden Double Portrait","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9789463887007\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2020\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003eIn the early 1550s, Titian made a portrait of A Lady and her Daughter, which he left unfinished. Soon after the master's death in 1576, Titian's black-sheep son, Pomponio, had the scene of the mother and her daughter painted over, turning it into Tobias and the Angel: a religious subject was more likely to sell than a portrait of two anonymous sitters. In 1581, Pomponio sold off his father's studio, including the newly overpainted canvas, to Cristoforo Barbarigo. The picture remained in Barbarigo's famous collection in the Palazzo Barbarigo della Terrazza on the Canal Grande until 1850 when it was acquired by Tsar Nicholas I, together with a number of other pictures by Titian. Large parts of the Tsar's collection were sold and dispersed soon afterwards, including Tobias and the Angel. In the 1920s, the painting was acquired by the French art dealer René Gimpel. Just before the outbreak of World War II, in 1939, Gimpel brought his collection to safety in London, storing it in a garage in Bayswater without informing anyone about its exact location. In 1945, he was arrested by the Nazis and imprisoned in the German Neuengamme concentration camp where he died. After a long search, Gimpel's son Ernest discovered the works that were hidden by his father, including the Titian. Several buildings adjacent to the garage in Bayswater were completely destroyed by bombs during the Blitz. Miraculously, Gimpel's paintings had been spared. In 1948, Jean Gimpel ordered a technical examination of the work at the renowned Courtauld Institute of Art in London. X-ray photography revealed a portrait of a young girl tenderly looking up at her mother. In consu","brand":"RANDOM HOUSE","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":44613516656729,"sku":"PR1138298","price":131.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2551\/5502\/files\/image_TT6PI6OULCGB.jpg?v=1788142527","url":"https:\/\/smartfox.co.nz\/products\/titians-hidden-double-portrait","provider":"SmartfoxNZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}