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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Tintoretto (588 results)
Étude de figure

Attributed to Tintoretto

Étude de figure

Sale Date: March 22, 2004

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Portrait of a gentleman

In the manner of Tintoretto

Portrait of a gentleman

Sale Date: February 27, 2004

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Portrait of a bearded Venetian nobleman

Tintoretto

Portrait of a bearded Venetian nobleman

Sale Date: January 22, 2004

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Agony in the Garden

Tintoretto

Agony in the Garden

Sale Date: January 22, 2004

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Ritratto di gentiluomo veneziano in..., 1575–1594

Tintoretto

Ritratto di gentiluomo veneziano in..., 1575–1594

Sale Date: December 17, 2003

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La multiplication des pains

Follower of Tintoretto

La multiplication des pains

Sale Date: December 17, 2003

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The Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John

Circle of Tintoretto

The Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John

Sale Date: December 12, 2003

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Portrait of a bearded gentleman wearing , 1575–1575

Tintoretto

Portrait of a bearded gentleman wearing , 1575–1575

Sale Date: December 11, 2003

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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: December 9, 2003

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Manporträtt

In the manner of Tintoretto

Manporträtt

Sale Date: December 4, 2003

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The Miracle of Saint Mark, 1675–1699

After Tintoretto

The Miracle of Saint Mark, 1675–1699

Sale Date: October 30, 2003

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Portrait of a bearded man

Circle of Tintoretto

Portrait of a bearded man

Sale Date: July 11, 2003

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The Last Supper, 1545–1545

Tintoretto

The Last Supper, 1545–1545

Sale Date: July 10, 2003

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Luna and the Hours

Studio of Tintoretto

Luna and the Hours

Sale Date: July 9, 2003

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Portrait of a nobleman in a coat trimmed with...

Studio of Tintoretto

Portrait of a nobleman in a coat trimmed with...

Sale Date: July 9, 2003

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Kniende Gewandfigur in Anbetung

Attributed to Tintoretto

Kniende Gewandfigur in Anbetung

Sale Date: June 28, 2003

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Mansporträtt

Style of Tintoretto

Mansporträtt

Sale Date: May 26, 2003

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Head of a Male Saint

Follower of Tintoretto

Head of a Male Saint

Sale Date: February 20, 2003

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Portrait of a doge (Doge Girolamo Priuli?)

Circle of Tintoretto

Portrait of a doge (Doge Girolamo Priuli?)

Sale Date: January 23, 2003

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Luna and the hours

Studio of Tintoretto

Luna and the hours

Sale Date: December 10, 2002

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Hektor döda kropp värs fram till Andromache

After Tintoretto

Hektor döda kropp värs fram till Andromache

Sale Date: December 5, 2002

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Ritratto di giudice

Circle of Tintoretto

Ritratto di giudice

Sale Date: December 3, 2002

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Porträt eines Admirals

Circle of Tintoretto

Porträt eines Admirals

Sale Date: November 21, 2002

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La Flaggellazione di Cristo

Attributed to Tintoretto

La Flaggellazione di Cristo

Sale Date: October 2, 2002

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