Girl with a Platter of Fruit

Girl with a Platter of Fruit
ArtistTitian
Yearc. 1555–1558
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions102 cm × 82 cm (40 in × 32 in)
LocationGemäldegalerie, Berlin

Girl with a Platter of Fruit (German: Mädchen mit Fruchtschale), also known as Lavinia Holding a Charger Filled with Fruit, Lavinia as Flora, and Pomona, is an oil painting by the Venetian painter Titian, made in about 1555–1558, and currently in the collection of the Gemäldegalerie, in Berlin.

Description

The young woman, who is the subject of the painting, shows the back of her copper-colored dress to the viewer as she turns to gaze over her shoulder. She holds a shallow bowl of fruit over her head.[1]

History

The picture was painted about 1550–1555.[2] It was bought in 1832 at Florence from |Abbate Celotti.[2] A similar picture is mentioned in the collection of Emperor Rodolphe II at Prague.[2]

Gronau mentions a "fine replica, done probably in the artist's workshop", which entered the collection of the Earl of Malmesbury.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Girl with a Basket of Fruits Lavinia by Titian". www.thehistoryofart.org. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d Gronau 1904, p. 285.

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