Titianus Redivivus; - or - The Seven-Wise-Men consulting the new Venetian Oracle, 1797. The British Museum

The target of this print is the London art establishment, in particular the Royal Academy. Gillray is exposing a confidence trickster who duped numerous members of the Academy into believing that she could reveal to them the so-called 'Venetian secret' which would enable them to paint like Titian. Titianus Redivivus literally means 'Titian Born Again'.

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