Contextualisint Titian's "Sacred and Profane Love": the cultural world of the Venetian Chancery in the early sixteenth century

• Autores: Deborah Howard
• Localización: Artibus et historiae: an art anthology, ISSN 0391-9064, Nº. 67, 2013 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Art in Sixteenth-Century Venice : context, practices, developments. Conference in honour of Peter Humfrey), págs. 185-199
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This article looks at the cultural world of the élite public servants in the Ducal Chancery of Renaissance Venice, with a particular focus on the rôle of the Grand Chancellor. Positions in the Chancery were reserved for members of the cittadino class, a rank almost as exclusive as that of the hereditary ruling nobility. The essay briefly considers Alvise Dardani (Grand Chancellor, 1510-1511) and Gian Pietro Stella (Grand Chancellor, 1517-1523), before looking more closely at the dramatic career of Nicolò Aurelio (Grand Chancellor, 1523-1524), the supposed patron of Titian's Sacred and Profane Love. The function of the picture is reviewed in the light of his controversial marriage to Laura Bagaroto, daughter of a Paduan traitor, and the subsequent rise and fall of his political fortunes.