Focus on Portrait of Fabrizio Salvaresio and explore the Analysis.
According to Georg Gronau, though damaged and repainted, this seems to be a genuine work by Titian, but not of very good quality. The names of sitter and painter appear on the Tabula ansata in the background, along with the date of composition, 1558. It is signed, "M.DLVIII, Fabricius Salvaresius, Annv̄ Agens ʟ, Titiani Opus".Salvaresio is portrayed as a wealthy merchant with an air of self-confidence, and the negro boy painted in profile at the bottom right of the picture may refer to involvement in the slave trade.
Georg Gronau Titian Tabula ansata