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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PORTRAIT DES JOHANNES MICHAEL

Tintoretto

PORTRAIT DES JOHANNES MICHAEL

Sale Date: December 8, 2022

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The Crucifixion

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The Crucifixion

Sale Date: December 19, 2022

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THE LAST SUPPER

Tintoretto

THE LAST SUPPER

Sale Date: December 8, 2022

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Portrait of a Venetian Procurator

Workshop of Tintoretto

Portrait of a Venetian Procurator

Sale Date: December 6, 2022

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Bozzetto für ein Deckengemälde

Follower of Tintoretto

Bozzetto für ein Deckengemälde

Sale Date: November 25, 2022

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La récolte de la manne, 1580

Tintoretto

La récolte de la manne, 1580

Sale Date: October 27, 2022

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Figure studies, After Michelangelo's Samson and...

Circle of Tintoretto

Figure studies, After Michelangelo's Samson and...

Sale Date: October 13, 2022

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RITRATTO DI GENTILUOMO, 1563

Attributed to Tintoretto

RITRATTO DI GENTILUOMO, 1563

Sale Date: September 28, 2022

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Portrait des Johannes Michael

Tintoretto

Portrait des Johannes Michael

Sale Date: September 22, 2022

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BILDNIS DES COSTANTINO PRIULI VON BERGAMO

Tintoretto

BILDNIS DES COSTANTINO PRIULI VON BERGAMO

Sale Date: September 22, 2022

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The Assumption

Follower of Tintoretto

The Assumption

Sale Date: June 29, 2022

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Modello pour la Piscine probatique ou..., 1600–1699

After Tintoretto

Modello pour la Piscine probatique ou..., 1600–1699

Sale Date: June 28, 2022

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Portrait of a Man, Bust-Length, in a Black Jacket

Tintoretto

Portrait of a Man, Bust-Length, in a Black Jacket

Sale Date: May 21, 2022

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Venus and Adonis

Tintoretto

Venus and Adonis

Sale Date: May 11, 2022

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RITRATTO DI SENATORE DI CASA MICHIEL

Attributed to Tintoretto

RITRATTO DI SENATORE DI CASA MICHIEL

Sale Date: March 1, 2022

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Samson slaying the Philistines, after...

Workshop of Tintoretto

Samson slaying the Philistines, after...

Sale Date: January 26, 2022

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Portrait of a bearded man

In the manner of Tintoretto

Portrait of a bearded man

Sale Date: December 16, 2021

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Portrait of Procurator Domenego Duodo, 1592

Workshop of Jacopo and Domenico Tintoretto

Portrait of Procurator Domenego Duodo, 1592

Sale Date: December 9, 2021

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L'Enlèvement d'Europe, 1500–1599

After Tintoretto

L'Enlèvement d'Europe, 1500–1599

Sale Date: November 25, 2021

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Study of a Male Nude, 1592

Circle of Tintoretto

Study of a Male Nude, 1592

Sale Date: November 3, 2021

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Portrait of the Da Mosto(?)-Costanzo Family with

Tintoretto

Portrait of the Da Mosto(?)-Costanzo Family with

Sale Date: November 10, 2021

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Venus, Mars and Cupid

Tintoretto

Venus, Mars and Cupid

Sale Date: November 10, 2021

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Portrait of a bearded man, bust length, wearing...

After Tintoretto

Portrait of a bearded man, bust length, wearing...

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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LA RÉCOLTE DE LA MANNE, 1580

Follower of Tintoretto

LA RÉCOLTE DE LA MANNE, 1580

Sale Date: October 28, 2021

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