Titian (Tiziano Vecellio): Sleeping Shepherd; Titian (Tiziano Vecellio); c. 1500-1510; Oil on panel; This work; attributed to the great Venetian painter Titian; was probably made for an aristocratic household for placement over a door. The subject is a pastoral landscape鈥攁n idyllic scene of rural life in which nature is presented as a comforting source of physical and spiritual sustenance. Note how the shepherd is cradled by his surroundings and there is plentiful greenery for his plump goats. Such pastoral scenes were popular in Europe in the early 16th century.; Overall: 10 7/8 x 50 1/4 in. (27.6 x 127.6 cm)