Tizian (= Tiziano Vecellio, Pieve di Cadore 1477/1480/1489/1490 – Venice 1576). The Vow. Half-length figure of a young man to the left, his right on his chest, in his left two arrows. Steel engraving by William French (c. 1815 – East Grinstead 1898). 3^rd quarter of the 19^th century. Inscribed: Belvedere. / Tizian pinx^t. / W. French sc. / Druck u. Verlag v. A. H. Payne, Leipzig u. Dresden., otherwise in German-English as above. 18.3 x 12 cm.
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