Focus on The Tribute Money (Titian) and explain the Reception and later composition.
The painting, which has been described as "Titian's sleekest, most polished early work", became famous. Giorgio Vasari thought the head of Christ "stupendous and miraculous" and that all artists at the time believed it to be Titian's most perfect painting. Carlo Ridolfi's biography relates that when he saw it, an envoy of the Emperor Charles V expressed surprise that any artist could compete with Albrecht Dürer so well.   Much later Titian painted a larger composition of the subject (now National Gallery), perhaps to meet a demand for replicas.  This was perhaps begun around 1543, but not completed until the 1560s; it was sent to Philip II of Spain in 1568. X-radiographs reveal that the gold coin in it was originally inscribed with "Ferrara".
X-radiograph Giorgio Vasari Ferrara Titian Philip II of Spain Carlo Ridolfi National Gallery Charles V Albrecht Dürer