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Sacred and Profane Love, c.1515 by Tiziano Vecellio Titian
Canvas Print - 9497-TTV

Location: Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy
Original Size: 118 × 279 cm

Sacred and Profane Love by Titian (c.1515) is reproduced as a museum-quality giclée canvas print. Printed with archival inks on 400 g/m² canvas and hand-varnished for UV protection, it can be made in any size up to 21.3 × 55.1 in, scaled proportionally, with optional framing. Free worldwide shipping available; unframed prints ship in 2 workdays, framed in 7 to 8. Guaranteed 100-year color durability.

Sacred and Profane Love by Tiziano Vecellio Titian, c.1515 - canvas print
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Giclée Canvas Print | $62.06 USD

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The size you set is the printed image, the part you see once the canvas is stretched. Beyond that size we add 1.2 in of blank canvas on every side, at no extra cost, so the stretcher bars have something to grip. A 10.8 × 28 in print therefore arrives as 13.1 × 30.3 in. Both numbers are shown in Your Selection above and change with the slider.

Yes. The slider covers every size up to 21.3 × 55.1 in, always in the proportions of the original. If you need something larger, or a size that has to fit a frame you already own, write to us with the title and the dimensions and we will tell you what is possible. Every print is made to order, so there is usually a way.

Because the original is an oil painting on canvas. We match the print medium to the original: oil paintings go on canvas, works on paper go on fine art paper. Our canvas is natural cotton, 400 g/m² Canvas, acid-free and pH neutral, and its woven texture gives the most natural impression of Titian's original oil painting. The finish is satin/gloss, which keeps the depth of the dark tones the way varnish does on a painting in a museum; a matte canvas looks dull and pale next to it. More about our print media.

Start with the original, which measures 118 × 279 cm. A print at or near that size reads the way the artist judged it. Printing smaller is easy; enlarging a small original changes its character. For the wall, above a sofa or a sideboard aim for two thirds to three quarters of the furniture width, and hang the center at eye level. Cut paper to size and tape it to the wall before you order. The original hangs in Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy. Full size guide.
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About the Painting

Titian’s "Sacred and Profane Love," painted around 1515, is a visual puzzle wrapped in luxurious color and texture. Two women, alike in beauty but different in almost everything else, sit atop a grand sarcophagus. On the left, a woman draped in shimmering silver - her dress an almost physical weight of luxury and status - seems pensive. Her gown catches the light in a way that only Titian could master, the play of texture almost tangible. Opposite her, a nude woman - effortlessly relaxed and holding a burning lamp - embodies a kind of divine serenity, draped loosely in a scarlet fabric that only enhances her flesh’s warmth.

And then there’s the little cupid in the center, who leans over the stone sarcophagus as if trying to stir up some mischief in the water beneath him. The carved reliefs on the stone show scenes that feel ancient and mythic, like they’ve been there for eternity. All this happens against a sweeping, sunlit Italian landscape that gives the scene both depth and a kind of pastoral calm.

As for the colors, the palette is as lush as you’d expect from Titian. The contrast between the cold, almost ethereal silvery dress and the warm, earthy reds of the nude’s drapery is striking. Titian's handling of light is simply luminous, giving each figure a sense of presence, a weight. The composition feels almost theatrical, but with a mystery at its heart - are these two women the same person, split between sacred and profane, or is there something else at play?

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