Tintoretto facts for kids

Tintoretto
Quick facts for kids Tintoretto
	Detail of a self-portrait
Born	Jacopo Comin ; late September or early October 1518; Venice, Republic of Venice, in present-day Italy
Died	31 May 1594, (aged 76); Venice, Republic of Venice, in present-day Italy
Nationality	Italian
Known for	Painting
Movement	Renaissance

Tintoretto (1518 – 31 May 1594), born Jacopo Comin, was an Italian Renaissance painter. He was known by the nickname Il Furioso. His works are very dramatic, often depicting muscular figures and a bold use of perspective. These elements he paints in the Mannerist style. His use of colour and light, however, is typical of the Venetian School.

Tintoretto was from Venice. He spent most of his life painting there. He was a devout Roman Catholic. He painted frescos and other murals on the walls and ceilings of several churches and other buildings in Venice, such as the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, the Doge's Palace. His largest work is Il Paradiso, which dominates the main hall of the Doge's Palace. It is 22.6 x 9.1 metres in size, and is said to be the largest painting ever done on canvas.

Carlo Ridolfi, La Vita di Giacopo Robusti (A Life of Tintoretto) 1642
Tintoretto, and Pierluigi De Vecchi. 1970. L'opera completa del Tintoretto. Milano: Rizzoli. (Italian language)

Images for kids

House of Tintoretto "Fondamenta dei mori" – Cannaregio – Venice
Madonna with Child and Donor, National Museum of Serbia, Belgrade
The Siege of Asola, (1544–45), National Museum, Poznań
St Mark's Body Brought to Venice (1548)
Detail of Portrait of a Venetian admiral (1570s, National Museum in Warsaw) where the original undercoat shines through the bold brushstrokes.
Paradise
Portrait of Marquis Francesco Gherardini, by Tintoretto, 1568. Ca’ Rezzonico Museum in Venice
Christ at the Sea of Galilee, c. 1575–1580
The Last Supper (1594)
The Apotheosis of St Roch, 1564