One of tintorettos finest formal portraits, this painting depicts an unknown sitter now believed to be a german or flemish merchant living in venice. All tintoretto paintings ship within 48 hours and include a 30day moneyback guarantee. Most of his paintings are largescale narratives on canvas, animated by dramatic lighting and gestures. For his phenomenal energy in pentin he wis termed il furioso. Wikiproject sum of all paintingscreatortintoretto wikidata. Ritratto di uomo dai capelli rossi jacopo tintoretto. Choose your favorite tintoretto paintings from millions of available designs. His wirk is chairacterised bi its muscular figurs, dramatic gesturs, an bauld uise o perspective in the mannerist style, while mainteenin. The existence of a flemish copy suggests that one of these versions may be identified with that recorded in rubens collection by 1640. Of his work now in the uffizi gallery is portrait of a man, 1546, leda and the swan, christ and the samaritan woman at the well, the samaritan woman, portrait of a venetian admiral, portrait of a man with a red beard, portrait of jacopo sansovino, and saint augustine heals the cripples, attributed to domenico robusti, called tintoretto. Jacopo tintoretto about 1518 1594 national gallery. Portrait of a bearded man with a book by jacopo tintoretto robusti.
The words of french writer jeanpaul sartre guide viewers through this look at the venetian master tintoretto. Portrait of a man, painting by jacopo tintoretto jacopo robusti, metropolitan museum of art, 41. According to the 1608 posthumous inventory of alessandro vittoria, the collector posessed a small tintoretto selfportrait as a young man which may refer to cai 103 or the philadelphia portrait. He was a member of accademia veneziana secundo 1593.
Indeed, he has surpassed even the limits of extravagance with the new and fanciful inventions and the strange vagaries of his intellect, working at. Who are the subjects in this tintoretto painting of apollo. He was one of the best known venetian painters next to titian 1485 1576, having. This book was very satisfying in that the author analyses not only the painter, but puts him in the context of 16th century venice. The unidentified sitter in this portrait, painted in venice in the workshop of domenico tintoretto, son of the more famous jacopo, is believed to be a moorish. Portrait of a man with a red cloak, 155580 jacopo robusti tintoretto. Jacopo tintoretto jacopo robusti portrait of a man the met. Tintoretto exploited an original, more intimate vein in a last supper in the church of s.
Vincenzo morosini appears in two other paintings in venice by tintoretto. Jacopo tintoretto jacopo robusti portrait of a man. The use of light and colour in his paintings exemplifies conventional venetian school of paintings, as he was. Drawing in tintorettos venice is made possible with lead support from the robert lehman foundation, major funding from the wolfgang ratjen stiftung, liechtenstein, generous support from the christian humann foundation, the national endowment for the arts, the ricciardi family exhibition fund, mr. Portrait of a young bearded man wearing armor by tintoretto.
Portrait of a bearded man with a book by jacopo tintoretto. Tintoretto was born in venice in 1518, as the eldest of 21 children. The intoxicating thrill of tintoretto the new yorker. Artist of renaissance venice, at the national gallery of art, washington, dc, celebrating the 500 th anniversary of the artists birth. The visibly pronounced brushstrokes, appearing as natural highlights on the artists face from afar, seem as. Book now a visit tintoretto was an artist of immense output and dramatic style who emerged from the venetian school of painting. Northern renaissance browse this content a beginners guide browse this content the medieval and renaissance altarpiece. He was one of the most prolific artists in venice during the high renaissance, specializing in largescale religious narrative scenes, altarpieces, mythological subjects, and portraits. Find more prominent pieces of selfportrait at best visual art database. A calculated effort to restore tintorettos reputation has begun at the museo nacional del prado in madrid, where an ambitious exhibition of his work was opened recently by.
The portrait is unusually narrow, and it may have been trimmed along the righthand side. I thought of saint teresa benedicta of the cross as i contemplated tintorettos selfportrait. The unidentified sitter in this portrait, painted in venice in the workshop of domenico tintoretto, son of the more famous jacopo, is believed to be a moorish ambassador to the venetian court. Jacopo tintoretto a tribute well earned books and arts.
Such work consolidated personal contacts with powerful officers of state, men who might give profitable. Featuring the largest collections by artists like monet, van gogh, rembrandt and more. Tintorettos is made especially striking by the oblique angle, and the fact that his face disappears into the. Older studies gave the tuscan town of lucca as the origin of the family. Tintoretto as a young man, in a selfportrait from 154648. His paintings include vulcan surprising venus and mars c. Tintoretto paintings art gallery buy oil painting on canvas for sale, shop handmade tintoretto paintings reproductions by famous artists painters. Works such as the last supper 1594, conveyed his otherworldly vision of events, through contrast and plunging pictorial space. Tintoretto is an artist that is frequently overlooked, even by me, an avid reader and viewer of art.
His body of work is mostly marked with startling and theatrical gestures, muscular characters with a clear and resolute viewpoint. Tintorettos art is characterised by daring inventiveness in both handling and composition. To reinforce prevailing at the table of the mysterious and hardexcited atmosphere of a miracle happening artist resorts to contrast in the foreground on the right it shows several objects and figures, it is not related to the subject. Portrait of a man with a landscape view national gallery of art.
Tintoretto portrait of a man kms3267 statens museum for kunst. Find more prominent pieces of portrait at best visual art database. Learn more about portrait of a bearded man with a book jacopo tintoretto robusti oil artwork, painted by one of the most celebrated masters in the history of. Jacopo tintoretto portrait of vincenzo morosini ng4004. He was one of the best known venetian painters next to. Portrait of a man fragment italian renaissance tintoretto. Self portrait is a selfportrait by tintoretto, dating to around 1588. After being overwhelmed by his works in venice i sought out a book to help me understand him more. Tintoretto, selfportrait philadelphia, museum of art inv 19831901 the portrait emerges out of the darkness with its features strongly accentuated by the light. Even when his sitters, as in this case, are unknown, tintoretto can still move modern viewers with the best of his portraits by his own hand.
Jacopo tintoretto, the miracle of the slave smarthistory. Sartre was fascinated by the artists rebellion against 16thcentury convention and by his visionary style. Tradition and identity states tintoretto in 1560 painted a portrait of doge giraloma priuli for the council of ten, a commission his role as a leading state painter. His style was characterized by an exaggerated and dramatic use of perspective and foreshortening. The man who painted the light that shines in the darkness painted himself enlightened. Tintoretto accepted many commissions for private portraits, particularly in his youth, since they brought him. See more ideas about art, renaissance art, venetian painters. Self portrait is a self portrait by tintoretto, dating to around 1588. This image of tintoretto as a young man was painted by the artist himself at the dawn of the selfportrait as a genre. Find more prominent pieces of self portrait at best visual art database.
Rivals in renaissance venice 15 march 2009 16 august 2009 museum of fine arts, boston 14 september 2009 4 january 2010 louvre, paris. Paradoxically, this is not least because the subject of the portrait often appears intangible and. This beautiful painting bears no trace of the superficial or the sentimental. Portrait of a mans head and shoulders, head turned to the right, as if looking in a mirror. This groundbreaking selfportrait was the opening artwork featured at the exhibition, tintoretto. The 19thcentury copy of the miracle of saint mark gives an impression of. Tintoretto was a famous italian painter and an important proponent of the renaissance school. The family was believed to have originated from brescia, in lombardy, then part of the republic of venice. The somewhat darkskinned sitter is dressed, however, in european costume, although the white sash around his waist lends a touch of the exotic. The artwork portrait of a bearded man with a book jacopo robusti we deliver as art print on canvas, poster, plate or finest hand made paper.