Tintoretto (c. 1518-1594 CE), real name Jacopo Robusti, was an Italian Renaissance artist who specialised in religious, mythological, and portrait paintings. A prolific artist over a long career, the Venetian's masterpieces are famous for their light, vibrant colouring, and dramatic composition. Major works include St. George and the Dragon, now in the National Gallery in London, and his cycle of paintings for the Scuola di San Rocco in Venice. Tintoretto's originality, energetic figures, and technique of using quick sketches in chalk and paint would be hugely influential on 17th-century CE artists.
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c. 1518 - 1594Life of the Italian Renaissance painter Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti).
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1548The Italian Renaissance artist Tintoretto produces his celebrated Miracle of Saint Mark Rescuing a Slave painting.
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1555The Italian Renaissance artist Tintoretto marries Faustina Episcopi.
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c. 1555The Italian Renaissance artist Tintoretto produces his Susanna at her Bath painting.
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1564 - 1481The Italian Renaissance artist Tintoretto works on his cycle of paintings for Venice’s Scuola Grande di San Rocco.
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c. 1570The Italian Renaissance artist Tintoretto porduces his Saint George and the Dragon painting.
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1588The Italian Renaissance artist Tintoretto completes his Paradise painting for the Doge's Palace in Venice.
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1592 - 1594The Italian Renaissance painter Tintoretto works on his Last Supper painting for the church of S. Giorgio Maggiore in Venice.
