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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Helena Bonham Carter Is the Voice of a New Documentary Charting the Rebellious Life of Venetian Painter Tintoretto

by Kate Brown
Helena Bonham Carter Is the Voice of a New Documentary Charting the Rebellious Life of Venetian Painter Tintoretto
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A Haunting Virtuoso of the Renaissance, Tintoretto's Personal Side Has Remained a Mystery. Now the Met Wants to Change That

by Sarah Cascone
A Haunting Virtuoso of the Renaissance, Tintoretto's Personal Side Has Remained a Mystery. Now the Met Wants to Change That
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David Bowie's Prized Tintoretto Unveiled in Antwerp Ahead of Trip to Venice Biennale

by Eileen Kinsella
David Bowie's Prized Tintoretto Unveiled in Antwerp Ahead of Trip to Venice Biennale

Tintoretto Artworks

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Tintoretto (588 results)
Portrait d'un Doge

Circle of Tintoretto

Portrait d'un Doge

Sale Date: June 17, 1989

Auction Closed

Portrait d'homme

Circle of Tintoretto

Portrait d'homme

Sale Date: June 17, 1989

Auction Closed

Portrati of Giovanni Soranzo

Tintoretto

Portrati of Giovanni Soranzo

Sale Date: June 1, 1989

Auction Closed

The Adoration of the golden calf

Follower of Tintoretto

The Adoration of the golden calf

Sale Date: April 7, 1989

Auction Closed

The birth of Bacchus

Follower of Tintoretto

The birth of Bacchus

Sale Date: March 31, 1989

Auction Closed

STANDING FIGURE OF A MAN

Tintoretto

STANDING FIGURE OF A MAN

Sale Date: January 13, 1989

Auction Closed

The Visitation

Follower of Tintoretto

The Visitation

Sale Date: December 9, 1988

Auction Closed

Portrait of Vincenzo Capellus, Admiral of the Sea

Follower of Tintoretto

Portrait of Vincenzo Capellus, Admiral of the Sea

Sale Date: December 9, 1988

Auction Closed

PORTRAIT OF GIOVANNI PAOLO COTARE

Tintoretto

PORTRAIT OF GIOVANNI PAOLO COTARE

Sale Date: June 3, 1988

Auction Closed

PORTRAIT OF A KNIGHT OF MALTA, STANDING,...

School of Tintoretto

PORTRAIT OF A KNIGHT OF MALTA, STANDING,...

Sale Date: April 8, 1988

Auction Closed

Portrait of a Man (Andreas Vesalius, the...

Attributed to Tintoretto

Portrait of a Man (Andreas Vesalius, the...

Sale Date: January 15, 1988

Auction Closed

PORTRAIT OF ANTONIO LANDI, PROCURATOR OF SAN MARCO

Follower of Tintoretto

PORTRAIT OF ANTONIO LANDI, PROCURATOR OF SAN MARCO

Sale Date: October 15, 1987

Auction Closed

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