Research overview

Signature

Painting support

Carbon-14 dating

Paint media

Binding medium

X-ray

Iconography

Pigment analysis

Pentimento

Layer structure

Cross section

Before surface restoration

UV and IR photography

Surface restoration

Provenance

Titian’s original series

Sadeler’s engraving

Versions of Domitian

Compositional comparisons

Findings and conclusions

Roman emperor Domitian, Leonardo da Vinci, Titian, Tizian, Tiziano Vecellio, Roman emperors, Eleven Caesars, Undici Cesari, Domitianus, Isabella d’Este, Federico II Gonzaga, Mantova, Mantua, Italy, Francis I, Amboise France, Charles I England.