Danaë

Tizian, 1560, Museo del Prado

‘Danaë’ is a work by Tizian (Italy, 1488–1576). It is dated 1560. It is part of the collection Museo del Prado. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Renaissance’.

It is made of oil paint and canvas. It measures 130 × 181 cm. The work belongs to the genres mythological painting and nude. The things depicted include Danaë, nudity, navel, and lying.

The catalogue has 249 more works by Tizian.

• The Renaissance