Domenico Tintoretto. Domenico Robusti, also known as Domenico Tintoretto, was an Italian painter from Venice.
He grew up under the tutelage of his father, the renowned painter Jacopo Tintoretto. Domenico was born in Venice.
At age 17, he became a member of the Venetian painter's guild and, to further his training, worked alongside his father executing paintings in the Doge's Palace in Venice. Domenico then began to work independently in the palace, focusing his work on historical themes, including complex arrangements of multiple figures in battle scenes.
But throughout his life, Domenico also painted several religious commissions. Some of his celebrated altarpieces include St. George Killing the Dragon in San Giorgio Maggiore, the Translation of the Body of St. Mark to Venice in the Scuola of San Marco, An Apparition of St. Mark in the Ducal Church, and altarpieces in Modena and Rimini.
Of further note are Domenico's murals in the Ducal Palace and the Scuola di San Giovanni Evangelista, and the Plague of Venice in San Francesco della Vigna. It is argued that Domenico's greatest contribution to the history of painting resides in his portraiture. Domenico painted Margarita of Austria who became Queen of Spain through her marriage to Philip II. Other commissioned portraits include the Duchess Margarita, the widow of Duke Alfonso II of Ferrara, the Doge Pasquale Cicogna, Doge Marino Grimani, Marc'Anto
He grew up under the tutelage of his father, the renowned painter Jacopo Tintoretto. Domenico was born in Venice.
At age 17, he became a member of the Venetian painter's guild and, to further his training, worked alongside his father executing paintings in the Doge's Palace in Venice. Domenico then began to work independently in the palace, focusing his work on historical themes, including complex arrangements of multiple figures in battle scenes.
But throughout his life, Domenico also painted several religious commissions. Some of his celebrated altarpieces include St. George Killing the Dragon in San Giorgio Maggiore, the Translation of the Body of St. Mark to Venice in the Scuola of San Marco, An Apparition of St. Mark in the Ducal Church, and altarpieces in Modena and Rimini.
Of further note are Domenico's murals in the Ducal Palace and the Scuola di San Giovanni Evangelista, and the Plague of Venice in San Francesco della Vigna. It is argued that Domenico's greatest contribution to the history of painting resides in his portraiture. Domenico painted Margarita of Austria who became Queen of Spain through her marriage to Philip II. Other commissioned portraits include the Duchess Margarita, the widow of Duke Alfonso II of Ferrara, the Doge Pasquale Cicogna, Doge Marino Grimani, Marc'Anto
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