Xavier F. Salomon: "The Painter and the Libertine: Titian and Pietro Aretino"
February 15, 2017
Xavier Salomon, Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator of The Frick Collection, discusses one of the museum’s most important Venetian paintings: Titian’s portrait of his friend Pietro Aretino — a well-connected author, playwright, satirist, blackmailer, and libertine. Presented in partnership with Carnegie Hall’s festival La Serenissima: Music and Arts from the Venetian Republic, February 3–21, 2017