Critics have long praised his technical virtuosity as an oil painter.
Critics have long praised his technical virtuosity as an oil painter. He used glazing to build layer upon layer of paint to achieve realistic texture and light in paintings such as The Venus of Urbino. For 10 points, name this Venetian painter of the sixteenth century who was granted a title of nobility for his equestrian portrait of Charles V and who painted Assumption of the Madonna.
Critics have long praised his technical virtuosity as an oil painter.
{Tiziano} Vecellio or {Titian}