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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Helena Bonham Carter Is the Voice of a New Documentary Charting the Rebellious Life of Venetian Painter Tintoretto

by Kate Brown
Helena Bonham Carter Is the Voice of a New Documentary Charting the Rebellious Life of Venetian Painter Tintoretto
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A Haunting Virtuoso of the Renaissance, Tintoretto's Personal Side Has Remained a Mystery. Now the Met Wants to Change That

by Sarah Cascone
A Haunting Virtuoso of the Renaissance, Tintoretto's Personal Side Has Remained a Mystery. Now the Met Wants to Change That
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David Bowie's Prized Tintoretto Unveiled in Antwerp Ahead of Trip to Venice Biennale

by Eileen Kinsella
David Bowie's Prized Tintoretto Unveiled in Antwerp Ahead of Trip to Venice Biennale

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Study of the head of Giuliano De Medici (after...

Tintoretto

Study of the head of Giuliano De Medici (after...

Sale Date: July 4, 2007

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Portrait of a boy in a black doublet with a...

Tintoretto

Portrait of a boy in a black doublet with a...

Sale Date: July 6, 2007

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The feast of Dives and Lazarus

Tintoretto

The feast of Dives and Lazarus

Sale Date: July 6, 2007

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St. Markus mirakel

After Tintoretto

St. Markus mirakel

Sale Date: May 29, 2007

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Ritratto di gentiluomo con barba rossa

Attributed to Tintoretto

Ritratto di gentiluomo con barba rossa

Sale Date: May 29, 2007

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Il miracolo di San Marco

After Tintoretto

Il miracolo di San Marco

Sale Date: May 29, 2007

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San Pietro appare a Papa Gregorio XIII in veste...

Follower of Tintoretto

San Pietro appare a Papa Gregorio XIII in veste...

Sale Date: May 29, 2007

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The Miracle of Saint Mark

After Tintoretto

The Miracle of Saint Mark

Sale Date: April 25, 2007

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Ritratto di condottiere

Workshop of Tintoretto

Ritratto di condottiere

Sale Date: December 12, 2006

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Bildnis des venezianischen Prokurators...

Follower of Tintoretto

Bildnis des venezianischen Prokurators...

Sale Date: November 18, 2006

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Christ and the woman taken in adultery

School of Tintoretto

Christ and the woman taken in adultery

Sale Date: May 17, 2006

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Portrait of a bearded gentleman, seated,...

Circle of Tintoretto

Portrait of a bearded gentleman, seated,...

Sale Date: July 7, 2006

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The Lamentation

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The Lamentation

Sale Date: July 5, 2006

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The Adoration of the Magi

Circle of Tintoretto

The Adoration of the Magi

Sale Date: July 5, 2006

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Samson fighting the Philistines, after...

Tintoretto

Samson fighting the Philistines, after...

Sale Date: July 5, 2006

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Die Himmelfahrt Mariens (Bozzetto)

Workshop of Tintoretto

Die Himmelfahrt Mariens (Bozzetto)

Sale Date: May 20, 2006

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Christus am Ölberg

Workshop of Tintoretto

Christus am Ölberg

Sale Date: April 7, 2006

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Portrait of a Venetian officer in armor with a...

Circle of Tintoretto

Portrait of a Venetian officer in armor with a...

Sale Date: April 6, 2006

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An allegory of Autumn

Tintoretto

An allegory of Autumn

Sale Date: April 6, 2006

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Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane

Attributed to Tintoretto

Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane

Sale Date: January 24, 2006

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Seated male nude turning to the left..., 1592

Tintoretto

Seated male nude turning to the left..., 1592

Sale Date: January 25, 2006

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Maria mit dem Kind, einem Engel und einem Heiligen

Tintoretto

Maria mit dem Kind, einem Engel und einem Heiligen

Sale Date: November 19, 2005

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Bildnis eines Knaben - Ritratto di giovane...

Tintoretto

Bildnis eines Knaben - Ritratto di giovane...

Sale Date: October 11, 2005

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Bildnis eines Gelehrten

Tintoretto

Bildnis eines Gelehrten

Sale Date: October 11, 2005

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