2-2 at NGV today

Italian Masterpieces from Prado exhibition at NGV runs until 31 August. So time left is limited. Brought are paintings by Caravaggio, Veronese, Raphael, Titian, Tintoretto, Tiepolo (trio of father and two sons), Andrea di Lione. Only one Madonna painting by Raphael. Five paintings by Titian, the first painter collected by the Spanish royal family. I absolutely loved still lifes by Mario Nuzzi and Andrea Belvedere. And some drawings, a Chimera by Jacopo Ligozzi in particular mesmerised me. Three unique books Life of Eminent Artists by Vasari lie open under the glass.
There is also a Vasari drawing Saint Luke painting the Virgin, it shows an artist starting to paint a canvas upon which the composition is already sketched. St. Luke (San Luca) is the patron saint of artists, supposedly he was a painter himself. Legend has it that he painted a portrait of Mary from life, with her actually sitting there.
Summing up, Prado is Prado and I would like to go to Prado to see the rest, particularly Spaniards Velasquez and Goya, Flemish artist Hieronymus Bosch.