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 Madonna and Child with Saint Jerome and a...

Follower of Tintoretto

The Madonna and Child with Saint Jerome and a...

Sale Date: November 1, 2005

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Allegory of Peace, attended by Love, Justice and

Follower of Tintoretto

Allegory of Peace, attended by Love, Justice and

Sale Date: October 5, 2005

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Bildnis eines Edelmannes im schwarzen Gewand

Tintoretto

Bildnis eines Edelmannes im schwarzen Gewand

Sale Date: October 5, 2005

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La cène

Attributed to Tintoretto

La cène

Sale Date: June 22, 2005

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Samson erschlägt die Philister (dbl-sided study...

Tintoretto

Samson erschlägt die Philister (dbl-sided study...

Sale Date: May 26, 2005

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Bildnis eines jungen Mannes neben Fensterausblick

Tintoretto

Bildnis eines jungen Mannes neben Fensterausblick

Sale Date: June 2, 2005

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A stooped figure holding his hands to his head

Tintoretto

A stooped figure holding his hands to his head

Sale Date: July 5, 2005

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La Crucifixion, 1580

Studio of Tintoretto

La Crucifixion, 1580

Sale Date: June 22, 2005

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Miracolo di San Marco (San Marco libera , 1675–1725

After Tintoretto

Miracolo di San Marco (San Marco libera , 1675–1725

Sale Date: June 1, 2005

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Männerbildnis

Follower of Tintoretto

Männerbildnis

Sale Date: March 16, 2005

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An angel playing a lute

Follower of Tintoretto

An angel playing a lute

Sale Date: April 19, 2005

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Pottrait of a gentleman, bust-length

Follower of Tintoretto

Pottrait of a gentleman, bust-length

Sale Date: February 23, 2005

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Toilet of Venus

Studio of Tintoretto

Toilet of Venus

Sale Date: January 29, 2005

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Bildnis des venezianischen Prokurators Filippo...

Tintoretto

Bildnis des venezianischen Prokurators Filippo...

Sale Date: November 20, 2004

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Christ Healing the Crippled

After Tintoretto

Christ Healing the Crippled

Sale Date: September 27, 2004

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The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the...

Follower of Tintoretto

The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the...

Sale Date: October 28, 2004

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Rückenansicht eines Engels mit Laute

Circle of Tintoretto

Rückenansicht eines Engels mit Laute

Sale Date: September 17, 2004

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Saint François de Sales ayant la vision , 1575–1594

Tintoretto

Saint François de Sales ayant la vision , 1575–1594

Sale Date: April 23, 2003

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The Deposition

Tintoretto

The Deposition

Sale Date: July 7, 2004

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Ritratto di Sebastiano Veniero con paggio, la...

Tintoretto

Ritratto di Sebastiano Veniero con paggio, la...

Sale Date: June 1, 2004

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The Multiplication of the Bread and the Fishes

Tintoretto

The Multiplication of the Bread and the Fishes

Sale Date: May 27, 2004

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Portrait of Cardinal Giovanni Grimani (?) in...

Studio of Tintoretto

Portrait of Cardinal Giovanni Grimani (?) in...

Sale Date: April 21, 2004

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The Resurrection

Circle of Tintoretto

The Resurrection

Sale Date: April 21, 2004

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Étude de figure

Attributed to Tintoretto

Étude de figure

Sale Date: March 22, 2004

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