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Tintoretto
Italian painter (1518–1594)
For other uses, see Tintoretto (disambiguation).
Jacopo Robusti[a] (late September or early October 1518[2] – 31 May 1594), best known as Tintoretto (TIN-tə-RET-oh; Italian:[tintoˈretto], Venetian:[tiŋtoˈɾeto]), was an Italian Renaissance painter of the Venetian school. His contemporaries both admired and criticized the speed with which he painted, and the unprecedented boldness of his brushwork. For his phenomenal energy in painting he was termed il Furioso (Italian for 'the Furious'). His work is characterised by his muscular figures, dramatic gestures and bold use of perspective, in the Mannerist style.[3]
Life
The years of apprenticeship
Tintoretto was born in Venice in 1518. His father, Battista, was a dyer – tintore in Italian and tintor in Venetian; hence the son got the nickname of Tintoretto, "little dyer", or "dyer's boy".[4] Tintoretto is known to have had at least one sibling, a brother named Domenico, although an unr
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Tintoretto (1518/19 - 1594)
RA Collection: People and Organisations
Jacopo Tintoretto was born in Venice in 1519, and became the most prolific painter working in the city during the latter part of the 16th century. After receiving recognition in 1548 with a work commissioned by the Scuola Grande di S. Marco, Tintoretto left his mark on the city in the form of extensive decorations for the Doge’s Palace (1564–7) and the Scuola Grande di S. Rocco (1575–88). He also painted portraits of many prominent Venetians.
Tintoretto died in Venice in 1594, and is only recorded as having left Venice once, when he travelled to nearby Mantua to execute a commission in 1580. As a result he epitomizes Venetian art of the 16th century. Tintoretto’s distinctive style, characterized by a speed and lack of conventional finish, was controversial during his lifetime but has been the source of fascination and inspiration for more recent artists.
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His name was Jacopo (alternatively spelt Jacomo, Iacomo or Giacomo) Robusti. He was called Il Tentorettoor Tintorettofrom the trade of his father, Giovanni Battista Robusti, a textile-dyer from Brescia. His father is said to have acquired the name 'Robusti' because of the robustness with which he and his brother fought at the Siege of Padua (1509). The family name may originally have been 'Comin', but Jacopo is not known to have used that name. He was born in Venice. His date of birth (deduced from a death certificate which gives his age as seventy-five) is given either as 1518 or 1519. Nothing is known for certain of his training. Raffaello Borghini, a contemporary, states that he modelled his draughtsmanship on Michelangelo (whose works he would have known through engravings, casts or models) and his colouring on Titian. Ridolfi, writing fifty years after his death, claims that he was a pupil of Titian for a short time and an assistant of the Dalmatian-born painter Andrea Schiavone. He was an independent painter by January 1538 with a work
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His name was Jacopo (alternatively spelt Jacomo, Iacomo or Giacomo) Robusti. He was called Il Tentorettoor Tintorettofrom the trade of his father, Giovanni Battista Robusti, a textile-dyer from Brescia. His father is said to have acquired the name 'Robusti' because of the robustness with which he and his brother fought at the Siege of Padua (1509). The family name may originally have been 'Comin', but Jacopo is not known to have used that name. He was born in Venice. His date of birth (deduced from a death certificate which gives his age as seventy-five) is given either as 1518 or 1519. Nothing is known for certain of his training. Raffaello Borghini, a contemporary, states that he modelled his draughtsmanship on Michelangelo (whose works he would have known through engravings, casts or models) and his colouring on Titian. Ridolfi, writing fifty years after his death, claims that he was a pupil of Titian for a short time and an assistant of the Dalmatian-born painter Andrea Schiavone. He was an independent painter by January 1538 with a workCopyright ©mudmind.pages.dev 2025