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.

Tintoretto Artworks

Tintoretto (588 results)
Vénusz és Amor (Venus and Cupid)

Studio of Tintoretto

Vénusz és Amor (Venus and Cupid)

Sale Date: September 11, 2002

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Deposizione

Circle of Tintoretto

Deposizione

Sale Date: June 11, 2002

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Portrait of a Doge in an ermine coat

In the manner of Tintoretto

Portrait of a Doge in an ermine coat

Sale Date: June 6, 2002

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San Rocco soccorre gli appestati, 1650–1650

After Tintoretto

San Rocco soccorre gli appestati, 1650–1650

Sale Date: February 9, 2002

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Portrait of a gentleman in a black jacket

Tintoretto

Portrait of a gentleman in a black jacket

Sale Date: January 25, 2002

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Samson and the Philistine

Studio of Tintoretto

Samson and the Philistine

Sale Date: January 23, 2002

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Christ and the Adulteress

Circle of Tintoretto

Christ and the Adulteress

Sale Date: December 14, 2001

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Bildnis eines venezianischen Prokurators

Attributed to Tintoretto

Bildnis eines venezianischen Prokurators

Sale Date: December 14, 2001

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Engelpieta. Zwei Engel halten den Leichnam Christi

Circle of Tintoretto

Engelpieta. Zwei Engel halten den Leichnam Christi

Sale Date: November 24, 2001

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Portrait of a man in a black coat

Tintoretto

Portrait of a man in a black coat

Sale Date: October 3, 2001

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Ritratto di letterato

Tintoretto

Ritratto di letterato

Sale Date: October 3, 2001

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Portrait of an elderly gentleman in senatorial...

Follower of Tintoretto

Portrait of an elderly gentleman in senatorial...

Sale Date: July 13, 2001

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Portrait of a man in a black coat with a white...

Tintoretto

Portrait of a man in a black coat with a white...

Sale Date: July 11, 2001

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An allegory of Autumn and Winter

Tintoretto

An allegory of Autumn and Winter

Sale Date: July 11, 2001

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Portrait of a gentleman in a fur-trimmed coat...

Tintoretto

Portrait of a gentleman in a fur-trimmed coat...

Sale Date: July 11, 2001

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A reclining nude with arms outstretched

Tintoretto

A reclining nude with arms outstretched

Sale Date: July 10, 2001

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Portrait of a man

Attributed to Tintoretto

Portrait of a man

Sale Date: June 28, 2001

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Den botfärdiga Magdalena

Circle of Tintoretto

Den botfärdiga Magdalena

Sale Date: May 29, 2001

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Ritratto del Cardinale Lorenzo Priuli, seduto...

Circle of Tintoretto

Ritratto del Cardinale Lorenzo Priuli, seduto...

Sale Date: May 22, 2001

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Allegorische Darstellung der Fides

School of Tintoretto

Allegorische Darstellung der Fides

Sale Date: May 19, 2001

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The Deposition

Follower of Tintoretto

The Deposition

Sale Date: April 26, 2001

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The Holy Family and the Doge Ranieri

Attributed to Tintoretto

The Holy Family and the Doge Ranieri

Sale Date: April 24, 2001

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The Multiplication of the Bread and the Fishes

Tintoretto

The Multiplication of the Bread and the Fishes

Sale Date: January 25, 2001

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Samson Fighting the Philistines

Tintoretto

Samson Fighting the Philistines

Sale Date: January 24, 2001

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