Titian

During his time Bellini was a good and diligent painter. But he was outdone by Giorgio da Castelfranco. Titian left Giorgio countless miles behind him. He gave his figures a heroic majesty, and found a way of creating transitions of color that were infinitely soft, with colors so true and natural, that one is indeed telling the truth when one says that they were like Nature itself.

During his time Bellini was a good and diligent painter. But he was outdone by Giorgio da Castelfranco. Titian left Giorgio countless miles behind him. He gave his figures a heroic majesty, and found a way of creating transitions of color that were infinitely soft, with colors so true and natural, that one is indeed telling the truth when one says that they were like Nature itself.