Coleção: Tintoretto

Tintoretto was an Italian painter identified with the Venetian school. His contemporaries admired and criticized the speed with which he painted and the unprecedented boldness of his brushwork. For his phenomenal energy in painting, he was called Il Furioso.

Born: 1518, Venice, Italy
Died: May 31, 1594, Republic of Venice
On view: Doge's Palace, Rijksmuseum, Capitoline Museums
Periods: Mannerism, Renaissance, Italian Renaissance, Venetian painting, Baroque, Rococo
Full name: Jacopo Comin
Known for: Painting