Crucifixion (Tintoretto)

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Crucifixion
Crucifixion, Scuola Grande di San Rocco.jpg
ArtistTintoretto
Year1565
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions536 cm × 1127 cm (211 in × 444 in)
LocationScuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice

The Crucifixion by Tintoretto is a large painting in oil on canvas, installed in the Sala dell'Albergo of the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice. It is signed and dated 1565. This painting is one of the most dramatic versions of the Crucifixion in the history of Christian religious art.[1]

References[]

  • Nichols, Tom. 1999. Tintoretto: tradition and identity. London: Reaktion Books.
  • Rosand, D. 1997. Painting in sixteenth-century Venice: Titian, Veronese, Tintoretto (Rev. ed.). Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press.
  • Partridge, Loren W. 2015. Art of Renaissance Venice, 1400-1600. Berkeley: University of California Press

Notes[]

  1. ^ Partridge, Loren (2015). Art of Renaissance Venice, 1400-1600. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 171.
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