Jacopo Robusti, known as Tintoretto, April 1518 – May 31, 1594, was an Italian painter of the Venetian Renaissance. Nicknamed “Il Furioso” for the speed and energy of his working method, he was one of the most prolific and ambitious artists of sixteenth-century Venice.
Tintoretto was probably trained in the workshop of Titian before establishing his own studio. His work combined the rich color of the Venetian tradition with dramatic perspective, dynamic composition, and bold lighting that anticipated many characteristics of the Baroque. His major commissions included paintings for the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, the Doge’s Palace, Madonna dell’Orto, and numerous Venetian churches and confraternities.
His paintings range from portraits and mythological subjects to monumental biblical cycles. Among his best-known works are Miracle of the Slave, Christ Washing the Disciples’ Feet, The Origin of the Milky Way, The Last Supper, and the vast decorative program for the Scuola Grande di San Rocco. Tintoretto’s workshop, later continued by his son Domenico Tintoretto and daughter Marietta Robusti, exerted a lasting influence on Venetian painting and on later European artists including El Greco, Peter Paul Rubens, Diego Velázquez, and Eugène Delacroix.
Self-Portrait, c 1587–1588
Oil on canvas
Louvre Museum, Paris
Christ and the Adulteress, c 1546–1547
Oil on canvas, 111.6 x 64.8 in
Museo Diocesano, Milan, Italy
Esther before Ahasuerus, 1547
Oil on canvas, 81.7 x 108.4 in
Royal Collection, UK
<p>Descent from the Cross, 1547<br />
Oil on canvas, 35.8 x 48 in<br />
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna</p>
Miracle of the Slave, 1548
Oil on canvas, 163.2 x 212.4 in
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice
Christ Washing the Disciples' Feet, 1548–1549
Oil on canvas, 82.6 x 208.8 in
Museo del Prado, Madrid
Portrait of Procurator Jacopo Soranzo, c 1550
Oil on canvas, 29.5 x 23.6 in
Castello Sforzesco, Milan, Italy
Susannah Bathing, 1550
Oil on canvas, 65.7 x 93.7 in
Louvre Museum, Paris
Saint Augustine Healing the Lame, c 1550
Oil on canvas, 100.3 x 68.8 in
Palazzo Chiericati Art Gallery, Vicenza, Italy
Creation of the Animals, 1550–1553
Oil on canvas, 59.4 x 101.5 in
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice
Adam and Eve Rebuked by God, c 1550–1555
Oil on canvas, 35.4 x 43.3 in
Uffizi Galleries, Florence
Leda and the Swan, c 1551–1555
Oil on canvas, 58 x 58 in
Uffizi Galleries, Florence
Saint Louis of Toulouse, Saint George and the Princess, c 1552
Oil on canvas, 88.9 x 57.4 in
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice
Saint Jerome and Saint Andrew, c 1552
Oil on canvas, 92.5 x 57.1 in
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice
Presentation of Mary, 1552–1553
Oil on canvas, 188.4 x 168 in
Madonna dell'Orto, Venice
Saint George and the Dragon, c 1555
Oil on canvas, 62.3 x 39.5 in
National Gallery, London
Venus and Mars Surprised by Vulcan, c 1555
Oil on canvas, 53.1 x 78 in
Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Crucifixion, 1555
Oil on canvas, 110.2 x 175 in
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice
Assumption of Mary, 1555
Oil on canvas, 172.8 x 102.3 in
Church of Santa Maria Assunta (I Gesuiti), Venice
Gentleman with a Gold Chain, c 1555
Oil on canvas, 40.8 x 30.2 in
Museo del Prado, Madrid
Narcissus, 1555–1556
Oil on canvas, 47.2 x 36.2 in
Galleria Colonna, Rome
Susanna and the Elders, 1555–1556
Oil on canvas, 57.5 x 76.2 in
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Saint Martial in Glory with Saint Peter, 1559
Oil on canvas, 152 x 71.3 in
Church of San Marziale, Venice
Deposition of Christ, c 1562
Oil on canvas, 89.4 x 115.7 in
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice
The Abduction of the Body of Saint Mark by Christians, c 1562–1566
Oil on canvas, 42.7 x 49.2 in
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium
Birth of Saint John the Baptist, c 1563
Oil on canvas, 106.3 x 80.3 in
Private Collection
Mary with the Child, Venerated by Saint Mark and Saint Luke, before 1570
Oil on canvas, 89.7 x 62.9 in
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
Portrait of a White-Bearded Man, c 1570
Oil on canvas, 36.4 x 23.4 in
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Tarquin and Lucretia, 1578–1580
Oil on canvas, 68.9 x 59.6 in
Art Institute of Chicago
The Raising of Lazarus, 1579–1581
Oil on canvas, 212.4 x 139.2 in
Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice
Saint Jerome's Vision of the Virgin Mary, c 1580
Oil on canvas, 108.7 x 76.4 in
Ateneo Veneto, Venice
The Massacre of the Innocents, 1582–1587
Oil on canvas, 165.6 x 214.8 in
Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice
The Flight into Egypt, 1582–1587
Oil on canvas, 166.1 x 228.3 in
Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice
The Visitation, c 1588
Oil on canvas, 62.2 x 93.3 in
Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice
Saint Peter's Vision of the Cross, c 1556
Oil on canvas, 94.5 x 165.4 in
Madonna dell'Orto, Venice
Reclining Male Nude, c 1553–1555
Black chalk heightened with white on blue paper, 10 x 16.5 in
Louvre Museum, Paris
Study after Michelangelo's "Dawn"
Black chalk heightened with white on gray paper, 10.5 x 14.8 in
Louvre Museum, Paris
Two Studies of Samson Slaying the Philistines
Black chalk heightened with wetted white chalk on blue paper, 11.2 x 17.4 in
Morgan Library & Museum, New York
Study after a Bust of Vitellius
Black chalk heightened with white on blue paper, 11.5 x 9.3 in
State Graphic Collection, Munich