cost of a titian painting
A Titian for the National Gallery. The Director of the National Gallery, Sir Edward Poynter, acquired Titian's 'Man with a Quilted Sleeve' for the museum on August 14th, 1904. The painting cost Â£30,000, equivalent to around Â£2 million today, or say Â£2,400 per square inch. It was believed to be a portrait of Lodovico Ariosto, court poet of Ferrara and author of Orlando Furioso, who was an older contemporary of the painter.