short biography

Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti Tintoretto, born about 1519 in Venice, died in 1594 in Venice) was a painter of the Mannerism, who had great influence on the Baroque. In his works he uses unusual perspectives and dramatic lighting visions. Famous works are 'Apollo and Marsyas' 1547; 'Supper' 1547; 'The Miracle of St. Mark' 15; 'Adam and Eve after the Fall' 1553; 'Susanne and the Elders' 1555; 'Volcano surprises Venus and Mars' 1560; 'Mark Legend' 1566; 'Mythologies' 1578; 'Supper' 1594, amongst others. He was friends with the critic Pietro Aretino.

Mannerism, painting

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collection/s

Alte Pinakothek, München Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen Belvedere, Wien Galleria Borghese, Rome Galleria Nazionale d´Arte Antica, Rome Galleria Nazionale, Parma Galleria dell´Accademia, Venice Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt Kunstforum Wien Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien Louvre Paris MNBA - Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires Museo del Prado, Madrid Museum Schloss Wilhelmshöhe Kassel Museum der Bildenden Künste Leipzig Museum of Fine Arts Ghent Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy Musée des Beaux-Arts, Besancon Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon National Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan National Gallery of Art, Washington ° National Museum, Warsaw Palazzo Ducale, Venice Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan Royal Academy of Arts, London Samek Art Gallery, Lewisburg The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo (closed) Uffizi Galleries, Florence
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