▁the ▁areas ▁he ▁worked ▁on ▁is ▁that ▁it ▁" was ▁limited ▁to ▁the ▁ang el ▁with ▁the ▁tor ch ▁and ▁to ▁touch ing ▁up ▁the ▁tym pan um ▁of ▁the ▁stone ▁shr ine ", ▁but ▁the ▁female ▁statue ▁and ▁Jer ome ' s ▁clo ak ▁have ▁also ▁been ▁sus pected ▁of ▁showing ▁his ▁hand , ▁and ▁he ▁may ▁have ▁touched ▁up ▁the ▁architecture ▁more ▁generally . ▁ ▁The ▁painting ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁a ▁group ▁in ▁Tit ian ' s ▁distinct ive ▁late ▁style , ▁which ▁begins ▁fully ▁about ▁ 1 5 7 0 , ▁though ▁continu ing ▁tr ends ▁seen ▁in ▁earlier ▁works ▁as ▁far ▁back ▁as ▁the ▁mid - 1 5 5 0 s . ▁ ▁He ▁often ▁kept ▁paint ings ▁in ▁the ▁studio ▁for ▁a ▁long ▁period , ▁with ▁several ▁probably ▁un fin ished ▁at ▁his ▁death ▁in ▁ 1 5 7 6 . ▁His ▁br ush work ▁becomes ▁bold , ▁but ▁im prec ise ▁and ▁impression istic , ▁and ▁worked ▁over ▁many ▁times , ▁as ▁recorded ▁in ▁a ▁famous ▁description ▁by ▁Pal ma ▁Giov ane . ▁ ▁The ▁distinction ▁between ▁forms ▁and ▁the ▁space ▁between ▁them ▁almost ▁disapp ears , ▁and ▁" The ▁forms ▁emer ge ▁like ▁wra ith s ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁circum amb ient ▁darkness , ▁and ▁mass ▁is ▁reduced ▁to ▁a ▁f lick ering ▁pattern ▁of ▁colour ▁and ▁light . ▁ ▁In ▁his ▁last ▁years ▁only ▁these ▁elements ▁had ▁reality ▁for ▁Tit ian ." ▁ ▁There ▁is ▁a ▁long - running ▁argument ▁about ▁which ▁of ▁the ▁works