Self-Portrait (Titian, Berlin)

Self-Portrait is an oil on canvas self-portrait by the Venetian painter Titian, dated to between 1546 and 1547. While he painted a number of self-portraits in various formats, this is one of only two painted examples to survive. The other is in Madrid, dated c. 1560. Both share a sombre, reserved palette, although this work is richer in tonal variation and colour harmonisation.

The canvas is unfinished; his left hand and areas of his clothing are only roughly sketched. It has been suggested that the canvas is a modello, or study, for another now lost work. Another theory is that it was painted for family members in his memory after he died. Thematically and stylistically, the work can be associated with his 1545 Portrait of Pietro Aretino. A number of versions or variants exist, including drawings from his own hand and paintings attributed to his workshop.