ATTRIBUTED TO TITIAN (C. 1488-VENICE 1576)
The Lovers
c. 1510RCIN 403928
The composition and enigmatic subject matter of this painting suggest the early interests of Titian when he was influenced by Giorgione.The woman has either fainted and is held by a man feeling her heart, or she is resting against her lover in ecstasy. It is probably a scene from Renaissance literature.