Tintoretto

(Italian, 1519–1594)

Tintoretto was an Italian painter of the Mannerist style known for his use of deep perspective in dramatic scenes. Works such as The Last Supper (1594), conveyed his otherworldly vision of events, through contrast and plunging pictorial space. “Indeed, he has surpassed even the limits of extravagance with the new and fanciful inventions and the strange vagaries of his intellect, working at haphazard and without design, as if to prove that art is but a jest,” Giorgio Vasari once wrote of him. “This master at times has left as finished works sketches still so rough that the brushstrokes may be seen, done more by chance and vehemence than with judgment and design.” Born Jacopo Robusti c. 1518 in Venice, Italy, he took the last name of tintoretto (little dyer) after his father’s profession as a silk dyer. Little is known of his training, but it is likely he studied the works of both Michelangelo and Titian as a youth. Reacting against the harmonized, pastoral scenes popularized by Giorgione in the 1540s, he produced turbulent paintings based on drawings of staged wax figurines arranged in stark lighting. Tintoretto was highly sought after during his life, and with the death of Titian, he and Paolo Veronese were the giants of Venetian painting. The artist died on May 31, 1594 in Venice, Italy. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Louvre Museum in Paris, the National Gallery in London, the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, and the Palazzo Ducale in Venice, among others.

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The ceiling painting in the Doge's Palace

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The ceiling painting in the Doge's Palace

Sale Date: March 22, 2024

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Le martyre de sainte Catherine

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Le martyre de sainte Catherine

Sale Date: March 14, 2024

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Erezione del vitello d'oro

Tintoretto

Erezione del vitello d'oro

Sale Date: March 5, 2024

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Portrait of a Venetian senator

Workshop of Tintoretto

Portrait of a Venetian senator

Sale Date: February 21, 2024

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Studies of Flying Demons

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Studies of Flying Demons

Sale Date: January 25, 2024

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Recto: Study of a male nude diving down to the...

Tintoretto

Recto: Study of a male nude diving down to the...

Sale Date: January 31, 2024

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A PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN WITH TEARS IN HIS EYES

Follower of Tintoretto

A PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN WITH TEARS IN HIS EYES

Sale Date: January 9, 2024

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Portrait du procurateur de Saint-Marc Marco..., 1600

Workshop of Tintoretto

Portrait du procurateur de Saint-Marc Marco..., 1600

Sale Date: November 26, 2023

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Erezione del vitello d'oro

Tintoretto

Erezione del vitello d'oro

Sale Date: November 29, 2023

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Untitled

In the manner of Tintoretto

Untitled

Sale Date: October 10, 2023

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Ariadne, Venus und Bacchus

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Ariadne, Venus und Bacchus

Sale Date: September 12, 2023

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FAHNENTRÄGER IN RÜSTUNG MIT SEITLICHEN HALBFIGUREN

Attributed to Tintoretto

FAHNENTRÄGER IN RÜSTUNG MIT SEITLICHEN HALBFIGUREN

Sale Date: September 28, 2023

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Saint Jean-Baptiste

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Saint Jean-Baptiste

Sale Date: May 25, 2023

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The miracle of Saint Mark

Follower of Tintoretto

The miracle of Saint Mark

Sale Date: April 27, 2023

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Ariadne

After Tintoretto

Ariadne

Sale Date: April 11, 2023

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Portrait of Procurator Domenego Duodo, 1592

Workshop of Tintoretto

Portrait of Procurator Domenego Duodo, 1592

Sale Date: July 6, 2023

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DIE KREUZIGUNG

After Tintoretto

DIE KREUZIGUNG

Sale Date: June 29, 2023

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Portrait of Doge Girolamo Priuli

Tintoretto

Portrait of Doge Girolamo Priuli

Sale Date: May 25, 2023

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The Virgin appearing to Saint Jerome, 1600

After Tintoretto

The Virgin appearing to Saint Jerome, 1600

Sale Date: May 25, 2023

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The Last Supper

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The Last Supper

Sale Date: April 5, 2023

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Modello for the probatic Pool or The healing of...

After Tintoretto

Modello for the probatic Pool or The healing of...

Sale Date: March 28, 2023

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La Cène, 1600

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La Cène, 1600

Sale Date: December 14, 2022

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The Flagelation

In the manner of Tintoretto

The Flagelation

Sale Date: January 11, 2023

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The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian

In the manner of Tintoretto

The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian

Sale Date: December 8, 2022

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