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 Doge Girolamo Priuli

Tintoretto

Portrait of Doge Girolamo Priuli

Sale Date: April 19, 2016

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JUNO (in collaboration with Domenico Tintoretto)

Attributed to Tintoretto

JUNO (in collaboration with Domenico Tintoretto)

Sale Date: April 7, 2016

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Portrait of a Venetian Senator, half-length, in...

Circle of Tintoretto

Portrait of a Venetian Senator, half-length, in...

Sale Date: April 14, 2016

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PORTRAIT OF A BEARDED MAN

School of Tintoretto

PORTRAIT OF A BEARDED MAN

Sale Date: January 30, 2016

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Portrait of a Venetian Senator, half-length, in...

Tintoretto

Portrait of a Venetian Senator, half-length, in...

Sale Date: December 8, 2015

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Christ at the Pool of Bethesda

After Tintoretto

Christ at the Pool of Bethesda

Sale Date: October 28, 2015

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An Allegory of Victory

Circle of Tintoretto

An Allegory of Victory

Sale Date: October 28, 2015

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PORTRAIT OF A BEARDED MAN, BUST LENGTH, IN ARMOUR

Circle of Tintoretto

PORTRAIT OF A BEARDED MAN, BUST LENGTH, IN ARMOUR

Sale Date: October 27, 2015

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Madonna and Child (collab. w/workshop)

Tintoretto

Madonna and Child (collab. w/workshop)

Sale Date: October 20, 2015

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The Trinity with the Virgin and two donors

Circle of Tintoretto

The Trinity with the Virgin and two donors

Sale Date: June 3, 2015

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Portrait of a gentleman, half length, in a black

Tintoretto

Portrait of a gentleman, half length, in a black

Sale Date: June 4, 2015

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Portrait of a bearded man

School of Tintoretto

Portrait of a bearded man

Sale Date: June 4, 2015

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Ritratto Virile

After Tintoretto

Ritratto Virile

Sale Date: April 21, 2015

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St. Sebastian

Follower of Tintoretto

St. Sebastian

Sale Date: January 28, 2015

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Portrait of a man, half-length, in black

Tintoretto

Portrait of a man, half-length, in black

Sale Date: January 28, 2015

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Adamo ed Eva, 1550–1553

Tintoretto

Adamo ed Eva, 1550–1553

Sale Date: December 12, 2014

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Bildnis eines adligen Herrn

In the manner of Tintoretto

Bildnis eines adligen Herrn

Sale Date: November 7, 2014

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The Siege of Asola

Tintoretto

The Siege of Asola

Sale Date: July 8, 2014

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Die Krankenheilung am Teich Bethesda

After Tintoretto

Die Krankenheilung am Teich Bethesda

Sale Date: June 24, 2014

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The Raising of Lazarus

Follower of Tintoretto

The Raising of Lazarus

Sale Date: June 17, 2014

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Iuris Consultus, 1600

Circle of Tintoretto

Iuris Consultus, 1600

Sale Date: April 10, 2014

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Portrait of a Venetian senator, traditionally...

Tintoretto

Portrait of a Venetian senator, traditionally...

Sale Date: January 30, 2014

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St. Roch in prison visited by an angel

After Tintoretto

St. Roch in prison visited by an angel

Sale Date: January 23, 2014

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Der Heilige Markus befreit einen Sklaven

After Tintoretto

Der Heilige Markus befreit einen Sklaven

Sale Date: December 10, 2013

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