Tintoretto: Artist of Renaissance Venice
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Jacopo Tintoretto, Venus and Mars Surprised by Vulcan, c. 1545/1546, oil on canvas, Alte Pinakothek, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich. Photo © Blauel Gnamm – ARTOTHEK
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Jacopo Tintoretto, The Creation of the Animals, 1550/by 1553, oil on canvas, Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice
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Jacopo Tintoretto, Saint George and the Dragon, c. 1553, oil on canvas, The National Gallery, London. Holwell Carr Bequest, 1831. © The National Gallery, London.
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Jacopo Tintoretto, The Deposition of Christ, c. 1562, oil on canvas, Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice
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Jacopo Tintoretto, The Last Supper, c. 1563/1564, oil on canvas, Church of San Trovaso, Venice
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Jacopo Tintoretto, The Madonna of the Treasurers, 1567, oil on canvas, Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice. © Scala/Ministero per i beni e le attività culturali / Art Resource, NY
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Jacopo Tintoretto, The Origin of the Milky Way, c. 1577/1579, oil on canvas, The National Gallery, London. Bought, 1890. © The National Gallery, London.
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Jacopo Tintoretto, The Forge of Vulcan, 1578, oil on canvas, Palazzo Ducale, Venice. © Photo Archive – Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia
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Jacopo Tintoretto, The Wedding of Ariadne and Bacchus, 1578, oil on canvas, Palazzo Ducale, Venice. © Photo Archive – Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia
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Jacopo Tintoretto, The Apparition of the Virgin to Saint Jerome, c. 1580, oil on canvas, Sala di Lettura, Ateneo Veneto, Venice
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Jacopo Tintoretto, The Virgin Mary Reading, c. 1582/1583, oil on canvas, Scuola Grande Arciconfraternita di San Rocco, Venice
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Jacopo Tintoretto, Paradiso (modello), c. 1583, oil on canvas, Museo Thyssen‑Bornemisza, Madrid. © Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
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Jacopo Tintoretto, Self‑Portrait, c. 1588, oil on canvas, Musée du Louvre, Paris, Département des Peintures. © RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY, Jean Gilles-Berizzi