Editing Titian (section)

==Present day==
[[File:0 Portrait d'une femme à sa toilette - Titien - Louvre (INV 755) - (2).JPG|thumb|''[[Woman with a Mirror]]'', {{circa|1515}}, [[Louvre]].<ref>[http://merovingio.c2rmf.cnrs.fr/iipimage/ENI_Tiziano/ Scientific images of this painting] are available, with explanations, on the website of the French Centre for Research and Restoration of the Museums of France).</ref>]]
Contemporary estimates attribute around 400 works to Titian, of which about 300 survive.<ref>Mark Hudson, ''Titian: The Last Days'', Walker and Company, NY, 2000, pp.&nbsp;10–11.</ref> Two of Titian's works in private hands were put up for sale in 2008. One of these, [[Diana and Actaeon (Titian)|''Diana and Actaeon'']], was purchased by the [[National Gallery]] in London and the [[National Galleries of Scotland]] on 2 February 2009 for £50&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web|author=Carrell, Severin|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/feb/02/titian-diana-actaeon-saved|title=Titian's Diana and Actaeon saved for the nation|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=2 February 2009}}</ref> The galleries had until 31 December 2008 to make the purchase before the work would be offered to private collectors, but the deadline was extended. The sale created controversy with politicians who argued that the money could have been spent more wisely during a deepening recession. The [[Scottish Government]] offered £12.5&nbsp;million and £10&nbsp;million came from the [[National Heritage Memorial Fund]]. The rest of the money came from the National Gallery and from private donations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090202/en_nm/us_titian_2|title=Yahoo.com}}{{Dead link|date=January 2025}}</ref> The other painting, ''Diana and Callisto'', was for sale for the same amount until 2012 before it was offered to private collectors.