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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The Madonna and Child

Studio of Tintoretto

The Madonna and Child

Sale Date: October 27, 2011

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Tête d'homme d'après l'Antique

Circle of Tintoretto

Tête d'homme d'après l'Antique

Sale Date: October 17, 2011

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Bildnis eines bärtigen Mannes

Attributed to Tintoretto

Bildnis eines bärtigen Mannes

Sale Date: October 12, 2011

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Liegende Nymphe von einem Satyr überrascht

Circle of Tintoretto

Liegende Nymphe von einem Satyr überrascht

Sale Date: September 23, 2011

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Portrait of a bearded man in a black robe with fur

Tintoretto

Portrait of a bearded man in a black robe with fur

Sale Date: July 6, 2011

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Portrait of a nobleman

Tintoretto

Portrait of a nobleman

Sale Date: July 6, 2011

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Portrait of a Venetian general (Jacopo Soranzo...

Studio of Tintoretto

Portrait of a Venetian general (Jacopo Soranzo...

Sale Date: July 6, 2011

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Die Geburt Christi

Circle of Tintoretto

Die Geburt Christi

Sale Date: June 16, 2011

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Salomone e la regina di Saba

Circle of Tintoretto

Salomone e la regina di Saba

Sale Date: May 31, 2011

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Sacra conversazione – Madonna mit Kind und..., 1540

Attributed to Tintoretto

Sacra conversazione – Madonna mit Kind und..., 1540

Sale Date: March 29, 2011

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Portrait of a Venetian admiral standing with a...

Follower of Tintoretto

Portrait of a Venetian admiral standing with a...

Sale Date: March 16, 2011

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Pieta

Follower of Tintoretto

Pieta

Sale Date: March 7, 2011

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Retrato de senador

Tintoretto

Retrato de senador

Sale Date: February 1, 2011

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A double portrait of Venetian senators

Workshop of Tintoretto

A double portrait of Venetian senators

Sale Date: February 8, 2011

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Virgin and Child

Follower of Tintoretto

Virgin and Child

Sale Date: January 28, 2011

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The Crucifixion

Circle of Tintoretto

The Crucifixion

Sale Date: December 16, 2010

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Portrait of a bearded man in a red gown

Tintoretto

Portrait of a bearded man in a red gown

Sale Date: December 7, 2010

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A female saint holding a martyr's palm

Circle of Tintoretto

A female saint holding a martyr's palm

Sale Date: December 8, 2010

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San Rocco risana gli appestati (+ San Rocco...

After Tintoretto

San Rocco risana gli appestati (+ San Rocco...

Sale Date: November 24, 2010

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Bildnis eines Herrn

Tintoretto

Bildnis eines Herrn

Sale Date: November 24, 2010

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Il Parnaso

After Tintoretto

Il Parnaso

Sale Date: November 16, 2010

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Anbetung der Heiligen Drei Könige

In the manner of Tintoretto

Anbetung der Heiligen Drei Könige

Sale Date: November 12, 2010

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The Baptism of Christ

After Tintoretto

The Baptism of Christ

Sale Date: October 29, 2010

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Left arm and hand, holding a key (study)

Tintoretto

Left arm and hand, holding a key (study)

Sale Date: October 27, 2010

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