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Jacopo Tintoretto
1518-1594
Italian painter. His father was a silk dyer (tintore); hence the nickname Tintoretto ("Little Dyer"). His early influences include Michelangelo and Titian. In Christ and the Adulteress (c. 1545) figures are set in vast spaces in fanciful perspectives, in distinctly Mannerist style. In 1548 he became the centre of attention of artists and literary men in Venice with his St. Mark Freeing the Slave, so rich in structural elements of post-Michelangelo Roman art that it is surprising to learn that he had never visited Rome. By 1555 he was a famous and sought-after painter, with a style marked by quickness of execution, great vivacity of colour, a predilection for variegated perspective, and a dynamic conception of space. In his most important undertaking, the decoration of Venice's Scuola Grande di San Rocco (1564 ?C 88), he exhibited his passionate style and profound religious faith. His technique and vision were wholly personal and constantly evolving.
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Painting ID:: 26737
Self-Portrait
mk52
c.1545-50
Oil on canvas
45.7x38cm
Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Painting ID:: 26738
Self-Portrait
mk52
1587
Oil on canvas
62.5x52cm
Louvre,Paris
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Painting ID:: 28899
Leda and the Swan
mk65
Oil on canvas
58 1/16x5/ 1/16in
Uffizi
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Painting ID:: 29213
St.George and the Dragon
mk65
Oil on canvas
48x36"
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Painting ID:: 29217
The Birth of St.John the Baptist
mk65
Oil on canvas
71x105"
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Jacopo Tintoretto
1518-1594
Italian painter. His father was a silk dyer (tintore); hence the nickname Tintoretto ("Little Dyer"). His early influences include Michelangelo and Titian. In Christ and the Adulteress (c. 1545) figures are set in vast spaces in fanciful perspectives, in distinctly Mannerist style. In 1548 he became the centre of attention of artists and literary men in Venice with his St. Mark Freeing the Slave, so rich in structural elements of post-Michelangelo Roman art that it is surprising to learn that he had never visited Rome. By 1555 he was a famous and sought-after painter, with a style marked by quickness of execution, great vivacity of colour, a predilection for variegated perspective, and a dynamic conception of space. In his most important undertaking, the decoration of Venice's Scuola Grande di San Rocco (1564 ?C 88), he exhibited his passionate style and profound religious faith. His technique and vision were wholly personal and constantly evolving.
. Related Artists to Jacopo Tintoretto: | Paulus Moreelse | Hyacinthe Rigaud | Beard, William Holbrook | Arthur Elsley | Johann Moritz Rugendas |
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