Renaissance Art

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

A macabre scene of a man being slowly burnt to death over a blazing fire was a depiction of St Lawrence, one of the seven deacons of Ancient Rome who was martyred in 258 for his beliefs.

The Renaissance artist Titian who created the art work may have painted himself into the grim scene.

Experts restoring his 15ft-high The Martyrdom of St Lawrence have uncovered a man in a turban in the bottom corner.

The man’s face, tilted upwards and looking towards the burning man, bears a looks remarkably likeness to the artist himself.

Titian completed the work in the late 1550s – but the apparent self-portrait has gone undetected for more than 450 years, it has been reported.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2146304/Titian-turban-Art-historians-say-painter-hid-portrait-grisly-masterpiece.html#ixzz1vFTP0wvo