With its innovative color scheme, effective use of light, and novel composition, Tiziano Vecellio (circa 1490-1576), commonly known as Titian, became the figurehead of Venetian painting in the 16th century. During his lifetime, he was a highly admired and immensely successful painter, with patrons including Emperor Charles V and Philip II of Spain. He left behind an astonishingly diverse oeuvre that includes altar and landscape paintings, religious and mythological representations, as well as portraits of great psychological depth. His works are among the most significant testimonies of Renaissance art. The reception history of his famous nude depiction, the "Venus of Urbino," has sparked countless art theoretical, gender-specific, and philosophical discourses, filling libraries.