Jacopo Tintoretto

Titian, Violante, 1510/14, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna © KHM-Museumsverband VIENNA.- Each year, the Kunsthistorisches Museum dedicates its autumn show to the Old Masters. The exhibition Titian’s Vision of Women shows over sixty paintings from international as well as the museum’s own collections in order to illuminate the depiction of women in the oeuvre of the Venetian master Titian (c.1488‒1576) and his contemporaries. Exceptional works are on loan from, among others, the Metropolitan Museum... [Lire la suite]

Installation image of Renaissance at Colnaghi New York, with Jacopo Tintoretto’s Portrait of Tommaso Rangone on the left; Pompeo Leoni’s Portrait of Luis Quijada on the right. Courtesy of Colnaghi. NEW YORK, NY.- Starting this month at Colnaghi, audiences will have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience rare and newly discovered masterworks by some of the greatest artists of the Italian Renaissance, including Donatello, Tintoretto, Antonio Lombardo, and Benedetto da Rovezzano, in a special exhibition at the... [Lire la suite]

Carlo Crivelli, ‘The Annunciation, with Saint Emidius’, 1486. © The National Gallery, London. CANBERRA.- Australian audiences have a rare opportunity to view some of the most celebrated paintings in the world as Botticelli to Van Gogh: Masterpieces from the National Gallery, London opened for an exclusive season at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra.Featuring renowned paintings by some of Europe’s most admired artists including Titian, Velázquez, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Canaletto, Turner, Renoir, Cézanne,... [Lire la suite]

Jacopo Tintoretto (1519 - Venice - 1594), Portrait of the Cardinal Marcantonio Da Mula, circa 1562-63. Oil on canvas, 187 x 103 cm (73.6 x 40.6 in. Image courtesy Rob Smeets Gallery / Stand 209. Rob Smeets Old Master Paintings, one of the principal international galleries in the field, was originally established in Milan (1989). The gallery specializes in Dutch, Flemish and Italian old masters, and it places particular emphasis on fifteenth- and sixteenth-century artists. Over the past twenty-five years, Rob Smeets... [Lire la suite]

Jacopo Tintoretto, Self-Portrait, c. 1588, oil on canvas, overall: 63 x 52 cm (24 13/16 x 20 1/2 in.) framed: 93.5 x 84.5 cm (36 13/16 x 33 1/4 in.) , Musée du Louvre- Départment des Peintures. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington WASHINGTON, DC.- In celebration of the 500th anniversary of the birth of the Venetian Renaissance master Jacopo Tintoretto (1518/1519–1594), the National Gallery of Art, Washington, will present three exhibitions in 2019 that explore the artist's achievement as a painter... [Lire la suite]

Anonymous, Book of the Dead: the final judgement scene, about 940 BC, red and black ink on papyrus. Image © The Trustees of the British Museum. PROVIDENCE, RI.- The RISD Museum presents Lines of Thought: Drawing from Michelangelo to Now: from the British Museum, which explores the vital role of drawing as a continual and active process of discovery. The exhibition is on view from October 6, 2017, through January 7, 2018, and is one of only two U.S. presentations for this remarkable show. Lines of Thought... [Lire la suite]

Titian, Salomé with the head of the Baptist, circa 1515, Roma, Galleria Doria Pamphilj © 2017 Amministrazione Doria Pamphilj s.r.l. MOSCOW.- The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts is presenting a large-scale project of exceptional significance – “Renaissance Venice. Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese. From Italian and Russian collections”, exhibiting 25 outstanding works by three of the greatest painters. These works have been brought to Moscow for the first time, and some of them have never been displayed outside of... [Lire la suite]

Jacopo Tintoretto (1518-1594), Angel Foretelling the Martyrdom of Saint Catherine of Alexandria (1560-1570), photo KIK-IRPA. ANTWERP.- The Rubens House has unveiled David Bowie’s Tintoretto. The British rock star owned St Catherine by the Venetian painter Jacopo Tintoretto (1518–1594) for over 30 years. Following Bowie’s death in 2016, his exceptional art collection was auctioned on 10 November that same year at Sotheby’s in London. There was one noteworthy old master amongst the modern and contemporary works by the likes... [Lire la suite]

Jacopo Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti) (Italian, Venice 1519–1594 Venice), Doge Alvise Mocenigo (1507–1577) Presented to the Redeemer, probably 1577. Oil on canvas, 38 1/4 x 78 in. (97.2 x 198.1 cm). John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1910; 10.206 © 2000–2016 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Unlike most works in the exhibition, this is a preparatory sketch, or modello, and not an independent work. It appears here because Tintoretto played an important role in the Venetian discussion of questions involving... [Lire la suite]

Raphael, Italian 1483–1520, Holy Family with Saint John or Madonna of the Rose (Sacra Famiglia con san Giovannino o Madonna della Rosa), c.1517 oil on canvas, 103.0 x 84.0 cm. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid (P00302) Spanish Royal Collection. MELBOURNE.- The finest collection of Italian masterpieces ever to come to Australia were unveiled at the National Gallery of Victoria on 16 May. Featuring important works by masters such as Raphael, Titian and Tiepolo, the exhibition represents an unprecedented opportunity in Australia to see... [Lire la suite]