1516 - TIZIANO DIPINGE LA PALA DELL’ASSUNTA
E’ importante perché è la prima commissione
pubblica di questo spessore affidata a Tiziano.
L’incarico arriva dai Frati della Basilica di Santa
Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, a Venezia, che,
una volta vista l’opera finita, ne rimangono allibiti,
quasi scandalizzati dalle proporzioni, dai soggetti
così umani, dalla modernità inaspettata.
La pala fa un gran rumore in città, tutti corrono
a vederla, i pittori per imitarla, il pubblico per
ammirarla. La pala segna l’inizio del grande Tiziano.

1516 - TITIAN PAINTS THE ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN
This painting is significant because it is the first public
commission of this importance entrusted to Titian.
It was commissioned by the friars of the Basilica di
Santa Maria dei Frari in Venice, who were left speechless
at the sight of the finished work.
They were almost shocked by its proportions, by the
human-like quality of its characters, and by its unexpected
modernity. The altarpiece panel caused a great sensation
in town, everyone rushed to see it: the painters to imitate it,
the public to admire it.
The panel is the beginning of a series of outstanding
works by the great Titian.