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)
Eva mit dem Apfel der Erkenntnis

Follower of Tintoretto

Eva mit dem Apfel der Erkenntnis

Sale Date: June 8, 1995

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Bildnis eines venezianischen Feldherrn

Follower of Tintoretto

Bildnis eines venezianischen Feldherrn

Sale Date: June 8, 1995

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Adamo ed Eva davanti all'Eterno

Tintoretto

Adamo ed Eva davanti all'Eterno

Sale Date: June 6, 1995

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Presentazione di Ges- al Tempio

School of Tintoretto

Presentazione di Ges- al Tempio

Sale Date: May 10, 1995

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Portrait of a nobleman

Follower of Tintoretto

Portrait of a nobleman

Sale Date: April 24, 1995

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Porträt eines stehenden venezianischen..., 1560

Attributed to Tintoretto

Porträt eines stehenden venezianischen..., 1560

Sale Date: March 24, 1995

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Supper at Emmaus

Follower of Tintoretto

Supper at Emmaus

Sale Date: January 19, 1995

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Portrait of a gentleman wearing a black coat

Tintoretto

Portrait of a gentleman wearing a black coat

Sale Date: January 12, 1995

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The dream of Alessandro Farnese

Tintoretto

The dream of Alessandro Farnese

Sale Date: January 11, 1995

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Portrait of a Venetian senator wearing a red...

Tintoretto

Portrait of a Venetian senator wearing a red...

Sale Date: December 6, 1994

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Golgatascen

Follower of Tintoretto

Golgatascen

Sale Date: November 30, 1994

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Ritratto del procuratore Filippo Foscari in...

After Tintoretto

Ritratto del procuratore Filippo Foscari in...

Sale Date: November 25, 1994

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Saint Jerome

In the manner of Tintoretto

Saint Jerome

Sale Date: October 27, 1994

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Christ at the Column

Follower of Tintoretto

Christ at the Column

Sale Date: October 26, 1994

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Christ among the Doctors

Circle of Tintoretto

Christ among the Doctors

Sale Date: October 21, 1994

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Bildnis des venezianischen Consiliarius,...

Tintoretto

Bildnis des venezianischen Consiliarius,...

Sale Date: October 18, 1994

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L'adoration del vitello d'oro

Tintoretto

L'adoration del vitello d'oro

Sale Date: October 18, 1994

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The Three Graces and Mercury

After Tintoretto

The Three Graces and Mercury

Sale Date: October 5, 1994

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Ecce Homo

Follower of Tintoretto

Ecce Homo

Sale Date: July 7, 1994

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SAINT MARK FLEES A SLAVE

After Tintoretto

SAINT MARK FLEES A SLAVE

Sale Date: July 7, 1994

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PORTRAIT OF PROCURATOR DOMINICUS DUODO

Tintoretto

PORTRAIT OF PROCURATOR DOMINICUS DUODO

Sale Date: July 6, 1994

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Leda and the swan

Follower of Tintoretto

Leda and the swan

Sale Date: July 6, 1994

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THE BATTLE OF LEPANTO

School of Tintoretto

THE BATTLE OF LEPANTO

Sale Date: July 5, 1994

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Christ on the Cross

After Tintoretto

Christ on the Cross

Sale Date: June 22, 1994

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