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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A male nude leaning on a rock looking upward

Tintoretto

A male nude leaning on a rock looking upward

Sale Date: January 23, 2001

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Ritratto di Costantino Priuli, podestà di...

Attributed to Tintoretto

Ritratto di Costantino Priuli, podestà di...

Sale Date: December 17, 2000

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Ritratto di un patrizio veneziano che fu podestà

School of Tintoretto

Ritratto di un patrizio veneziano che fu podestà

Sale Date: December 17, 2000

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The Angel appearing to Saint Roch in prison

After Tintoretto

The Angel appearing to Saint Roch in prison

Sale Date: October 31, 2000

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Susanna im Bade

Circle of Tintoretto

Susanna im Bade

Sale Date: October 4, 2000

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Ritratto di Costantino Priuli, podestà di...

Attributed to Tintoretto

Ritratto di Costantino Priuli, podestà di...

Sale Date: July 9, 2000

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

Attributed to Tintoretto

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

Sale Date: July 7, 2000

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The Madonna and Child, 1556–1556

Tintoretto

The Madonna and Child, 1556–1556

Sale Date: July 6, 2000

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The Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist

Follower of Tintoretto

The Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist

Sale Date: July 5, 2000

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Descente de croix

Attributed to Tintoretto

Descente de croix

Sale Date: June 29, 2000

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Ritratto del cardinale Lorenzo Priuli con un...

Circle of Tintoretto

Ritratto del cardinale Lorenzo Priuli con un...

Sale Date: June 5, 2000

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Christ Bearing the Cross

Follower of Tintoretto

Christ Bearing the Cross

Sale Date: May 8, 2000

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Portrait of Venetian senator

Circle of Tintoretto

Portrait of Venetian senator

Sale Date: April 19, 2000

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La Pieta

Tintoretto

La Pieta

Sale Date: November 22, 1999

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Portrait of a bearded gentleman wearing a black...

Circle of Tintoretto

Portrait of a bearded gentleman wearing a black...

Sale Date: November 3, 1999

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Die Anbetung der Drei Könige

School of Tintoretto

Die Anbetung der Drei Könige

Sale Date: October 30, 1999

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Bildnis eines Herrn

Attributed to Tintoretto

Bildnis eines Herrn

Sale Date: October 14, 1999

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Ritratto di un capitano da mar

Tintoretto

Ritratto di un capitano da mar

Sale Date: October 6, 1999

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The Resurrection of Christ

Tintoretto

The Resurrection of Christ

Sale Date: July 9, 1999

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Portrait of a naval commander wearing armour and

Follower of Tintoretto

Portrait of a naval commander wearing armour and

Sale Date: July 7, 1999

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Portrait of a bearded gentleman wearing a black...

Circle of Tintoretto

Portrait of a bearded gentleman wearing a black...

Sale Date: June 16, 1999

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Porträtt av Baltasara Zeno med söner, 1611–1611

Circle of Tintoretto

Porträtt av Baltasara Zeno med söner, 1611–1611

Sale Date: May 26, 1999

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Bildnis eines Herrn

Attributed to Tintoretto

Bildnis eines Herrn

Sale Date: May 20, 1999

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Der Friede, die Eintracht und Minerva verjagen...

In the manner of Tintoretto

Der Friede, die Eintracht und Minerva verjagen...

Sale Date: May 20, 1999

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