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Tintoretto

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Tintoretto was an Italian artist born in 1518. Tintoretto contributed to the Italian Renaissance and Mannerist movements and died on May 31, 1594. Get notified when Tintoretto's biography is complete:

Christ disputing in the Temple

1546

The Miracle of St. Mark Freeing the Slave

1548

The Last Supper

1563-1564

Crucifixion of Christ

1565

The Origin of the Milky Way

1575

The Coronation of the Virgin

1580

Giampietrino

Copying Leonardo da Vinci for fun and profit.

1495-1549
Portrait of Sofonisba Anguissola

Sofonisba Anguissola

Intimate portraitist and confidant to the queen

1532-1625
Portrait of Lavinia Fontana

Lavinia Fontana

Matriarch of the family business

1552-1614
Portrait of Agnolo Bronzino

Agnolo Bronzino

A butcher's son swept off his feet by a renaissance master.

1503-1572
Portrait of El Greco

El Greco

Finally, a renaissance master with soul

1541-1614
Portrait of Giuseppe Arcimboldo

Giuseppe Arcimboldo

Why take art so seriously?

1526-1593
15011600
The first art historian
Giorgio Vasari
Andreas Vesalius Tintoretto
Plautilla Nelli
The peasant life is the humanist ideal
Pieter Bruegel the Elder

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