Portrait of Fabrizio Salvaresio

According to Georg Gronau, though damaged and repainted, this seems to be a genuine work by Titian, but not of very good quality.[1] The names of sitter and painter appear on the Tabula ansata in the background, along with the date of composition, 1558.[2] It is signed, "M.DLVIII, Fabricius Salvaresius, Annv̄ Agens ʟ, Titiani Opus".[3]

Salvaresio is portrayed as a wealthy merchant with an air of self-confidence, and the negro boy painted in profile at the bottom right of the picture may refer to involvement in the slave trade.[2]

From the collection of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm, which, in 1662, came into the possession of Emperor Leopold.[1]

• 1636—Collection of Bartolomeo della Nave, Venice;
• 1638–1649—Collection of the Duke of Hamilton (possibly);
• Collection of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm.[2]

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  Original portrait by Titian, 1558
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  Engraved by Lucas Vorsterman the Younger after Titian for the Theatrum Pictorium, 1673
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  Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in his Gallery in Brussels by David Teniers the Younger, c. 1650

• List of works by Titian

• Gronau, Georg (1904). Titian. London: Duckworth and Co; New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 275.
• Ricketts, Charles (1910). Titian. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. p. 175.
• "Fabrizio Salvaresio". Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien. Retrieved 23 November 2022.