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Venetian Prints in the Time of Tintoretto

March 24 – June 9, 2019
West Building, Ground Floor, East Inner Tier Galleries

Agostino Carracci, Mercury and the Three Graces, 1589, engraving on laid paper, sheet: 20.2 x 25.7 cm (7 15/16 x 10 1/8 in.), National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

This exhibition is no longer on view at the National Gallery.

Completing the panorama of Venetian art in the time of Tintoretto is an exhibition that will present some 40 prints from the second half of the 16th century, ranging from the exquisite etchings of Parmigianino and his immediate followers in the Veneto, to the spectacular woodcuts of Giuseppe Scolari, most from the Gallery’s own collection. They will reveal a critical source for Tintoretto’s artistic formation, parallel developments toward a distinctively Venetian mannerism, and striking graphic responses to the dynamism and expressiveness of Tintoretto’s style.

The exhibition curator is Jonathan Bober, Andrew W. Mellon Senior Curator of Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art.

Organization: Organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington

Passes: Admission is always free and passes are not required

Attendance: 28,985

Carracci, Agostino
Italian, 1557 - 1602
Tintoretto, Jacopo
Italian, 1518 - 1594
Parmigianino
Italian, 1503 - 1540
Scolari, Giuseppe
Italian, 1564 - 1625

Tintoretto: Artist of Renaissance Venice
March 24 – July 7, 2019
West Building, Main Floor

Drawing in Tintoretto’s Venice
March 24 – June 9, 2019
West Building, Ground Floor

Tintoretto Lecture Series, Part 4—In Situ: Tintoretto in Venice
Video, Released: June 25, 2019, (74:29 minutes)
Tintoretto Lecture Series, Part 4—In Situ: Tintoretto in Venice
Audio, Released: June 25, 2019, (74:29 minutes)
Tintoretto Lecture Series, Part 2—Tintoretto: The Early Work
Audio, Released: June 25, 2019, (74:29 minutes)
Tintoretto Lecture Series, Part 3—Tintoretto Central: The Scuola Grande di San Rocco
Video, Released: June 25, 2019, (74:29 minutes)
Tintoretto Lecture Series, Part 2—Tintoretto: The Early Work
Video, Released: June 25, 2019, (74:29 minutes)
Tintoretto Lecture Series, Part 1—Tintoretto in Context: Framing Tintoretto: Sixteenth-Century Venetian Painting
Video, Released: June 25, 2019, (74:29 minutes)
Tintoretto Lecture Series, Part 1—Tintoretto in Context: Framing Tintoretto: Sixteenth-Century Venetian Painting
Audio, Released: June 25, 2019, (74:29 minutes)
Tintoretto Lecture Series, Part 3—Tintoretto Central: The Scuola Grande di San Rocco
Audio, Released: June 25, 2019, (74:29 minutes)
Introduction to the Exhibition—Tintoretto: Artist of Renaissance Venice
Audio, Released: May 21, 2019, (66:00 minutes)
Introduction to the Exhibition—Tintoretto: Artist of Renaissance Venice
Video, Released: May 21, 2019, (66:00 minutes)
Tintoretto: Artist of Renaissance Venice Promo
Video, Released: March 24, 2019, (00:15 minutes)
Press Event: Tintoretto 500
Audio, Released: March 19, 2019, (95:25 minutes)
Press Event: Tintoretto 500
Video, Released: March 19, 2019, (28:38 minutes)
Tintoretto: Legends of Saint Mark, Scuola Grande di San Marco
Video, Released: February 26, 2019, (7:18 minutes)
Tintoretto: Artist of Renaissance Venice
Video, Released: February 26, 2019, (18:44 minutes)