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)
Portrait of a bearded gentleman

Follower of Tintoretto

Portrait of a bearded gentleman

Sale Date: May 22, 1996

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A noblewoman with her attendants kneeling before

Follower of Tintoretto

A noblewoman with her attendants kneeling before

Sale Date: May 22, 1996

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Portrait of a bearded man in armour

Attributed to Tintoretto

Portrait of a bearded man in armour

Sale Date: April 17, 1996

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Portrait of a procurator wearing a fur-trimmed...

Attributed to Tintoretto

Portrait of a procurator wearing a fur-trimmed...

Sale Date: April 17, 1996

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Portrait of Antonio Longi

Studio of Tintoretto

Portrait of Antonio Longi

Sale Date: April 2, 1996

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Ritratto di Capitano da Mar

Tintoretto

Ritratto di Capitano da Mar

Sale Date: March 6, 1996

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Christ at the column

Follower of Tintoretto

Christ at the column

Sale Date: February 22, 1996

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The Lamentation

Follower of Tintoretto

The Lamentation

Sale Date: February 22, 1996

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Christ healing the sick

After Tintoretto

Christ healing the sick

Sale Date: February 20, 1996

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Christ disputing with the doctors in the temple

Follower of Tintoretto

Christ disputing with the doctors in the temple

Sale Date: February 7, 1996

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Portrait of Giovanni Paolo Cotare in a red...

Tintoretto

Portrait of Giovanni Paolo Cotare in a red...

Sale Date: January 12, 1996

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A noblewoman with her attendants kneeling before

Follower of Tintoretto

A noblewoman with her attendants kneeling before

Sale Date: December 6, 1995

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Christ at the pool of Bethesda

After Tintoretto

Christ at the pool of Bethesda

Sale Date: November 15, 1995

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Bildnis der Familie Pellegrini

Follower of Tintoretto

Bildnis der Familie Pellegrini

Sale Date: November 15, 1995

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The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine

After Tintoretto

The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine

Sale Date: October 19, 1995

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Christ healing the sick

After Tintoretto

Christ healing the sick

Sale Date: October 17, 1995

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Minerva, accompanied by Peace and Concord,...

Follower of Tintoretto

Minerva, accompanied by Peace and Concord,...

Sale Date: October 6, 1995

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Portrait of a bearded man

Circle of Tintoretto

Portrait of a bearded man

Sale Date: October 5, 1995

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The Baptism of Christ

Studio of Tintoretto

The Baptism of Christ

Sale Date: September 16, 1995

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Portrait of a procurator wearing a fur trimmed...

Attributed to Tintoretto

Portrait of a procurator wearing a fur trimmed...

Sale Date: July 5, 1995

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Christ disputing the doctors in the temple

Follower of Tintoretto

Christ disputing the doctors in the temple

Sale Date: July 5, 1995

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Portrait of a bearded man in armour

Attributed to Tintoretto

Portrait of a bearded man in armour

Sale Date: July 5, 1995

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The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine

In the manner of Tintoretto

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine

Sale Date: June 29, 1995

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Vierge à l'Enfant, 1580

Follower of Tintoretto

Vierge à l'Enfant, 1580

Sale Date: June 28, 1995

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