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MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: How Titian Came to Scotland - A Colorful Journey

Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building

May 20-May 21, 2011

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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents a MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: How Titian Came to Scotland - A Colorful Journey, Friday, May 20, 1:30 pm (repeated on Saturday, May 21, 4 pm). Presented by Michael Clarke CBE, Director, National Gallery of Scotland.

Titian’s Diana and Actaeon and Diana and Callisto have been among the chief glories on...

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Titian’s Diana and Actaeon and Diana and Callisto have been among the chief glories on view at the National Gallery of Scotland since 1945. Painted in the 1550s for King Philip II of Spain, they were in Paris throughout most of the 18th century, but then were sold on the international art market in the wake of the French Revolution and acquired by the Duke of Bridgewater.

In this richly illustrated lecture, Michael Clarke traces the fascinating story of how these great masterpieces found their way from the warmth and splendor of Venice to the bracing air of Scotland’s ancient capital city of Edinburgh.

The four-week series of May Friday and Saturday Afternoon Lectures explores the art and legacy of Titian (c. 1488/90–1576), an artist renowned even in his own lifetime as the most gifted and influential painter of the Venetian school.

In conjunction with the MFAH exhibition Titian and the Golden Age of Venetian Painting: Masterpieces from the National Galleries of Scotland.

Pictured: Titian, detail Diana and Callisto, 1556–59, oil on canvas.

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Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building

1001 Bissonnet Street
Houston, Tx 77005

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Tickets:

Admission is open to the public and free with general museum admission. Museum members always receive free admission.

Museum Admission:
$7.00 adults
$3.50 seniors/children 5-18

Times:

Friday, 1:30 p.m.and repeated Saturday, 4:00 p.m.

A reception to meet the speaker follows each program.

Phone: 713-639-7300

Parking:

Museum Parking Garage

Located directly east of the Beck and Law buildings, the MFAH Visitors Center features a four-story covered parking garage.

The easy-to-find parking entrance is on Binz, marked by a large, yellow arrow.

You're always protected from the elements when you park your car in the Museum Garage. From there, you can go to the Visitors Center lobby and find a ticketing desk and up-to-the minute museum information.

As an added convenience, you can enter the Beck and Law buildings from the Visitors Center through security-monitored, climate-controlled tunnels connecting all three buildings.

Accessibility Info: Currently, no accessibility information is available for this event.

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