On-line gallery
- Reference number
- P00427
- Author
- Titian [Vecellio di Gregorio Tiziano] (Italian)
- Title
- Ticius
- Chronology
- 1548-1549
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 253 cm x 217 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- No
- Entrance
- COLECCION REAL
- Procedence
- Royal Collection
Ticius, a giant of classical
mythology, is assassinated by
Apollo and Diana for having raped
their mother, Latona. As
punishment, he is condemned to the
underworld where two buzzards
devour his liver, which grows back
eternally. Along with Sisyphus
(P427), Tantalus and Ixion, this
work is part of the group known as
the Damned or the Furies, which
Titian painted at the behest of
María de Hungría (1505-1558), who
was the sister of Carlos V
(1500-1558). The latter two works
were lost when Madrid's Alcázar
Palace burned in 1734. They were
conceived with a moral purpose, as
a warning to those who dared defy
the Emperor.
This work entered the Prado Museum
in 1828.
