Where can you see Tintoretto in Venice?

At the Scuola Grande di San Rocco: The Crucifixion and St Roch in Glory. At the Gallerie dell'Accademia: The Miracle of the Slave and St Mark's Body Brought to Venice. At the Doge's Palace: Paradise. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

What is Tintoretto's most famous work in Venice?

The Crucifixion, of 1565, at the Scuola Grande di San Rocco. A vast canvas in the Sala dell'Albergo, a crowd of soldiers, mourners and onlookers round the cross. He thought it his finest work.

When and where was Tintoretto born?

In 1518 or 1519, at Venice, Republic of Venice. Tintoretto died on 31 May 1594, at Venice, Republic of Venice, aged about 76.

What is Tintoretto known for?

His father was a dyer, a tintore. He painted more than fifty canvases for the Scuola Grande di San Rocco. His Paradise in the Doge's Palace is one of the largest paintings on canvas. Tintoretto was a Venetian painter, of Mannerism.

Painter, 1518 to 1594

Tintoretto

Jacopo Robusti was called Tintoretto, the little dyer, after his father's trade. He painted with a speed and daring that shocked his rivals, and Venice is full of his work: the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, the Doge's Palace, the Accademia and dozens of churches.

Born: 1518, Venice, Republic of Venice
Died: 1594, Venice, Republic of Venice
Movement: Mannerism
In Venice: 5 works in 3 museums

Where to see Tintoretto in Venice

Each work with the museum it hangs in. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

Scuola Grande di San Rocco2 works

The Crucifixion
1565
A vast canvas in the Sala dell'Albergo, a crowd of soldiers, mourners and onlookers round the cross. He thought it his finest work.
St Roch in Glory
1564
The oval on the ceiling of the Sala dell'Albergo that won him the commission, put up in place while his rivals were still showing sketches.

Gallerie dell'Accademia2 works

The Miracle of the Slave
1548
St Mark plunging headfirst from the sky to save a slave from torture, the painting that made his name.
St Mark's Body Brought to Venice
1562 to 1566
Venetian merchants carrying the saint's body out of Alexandria through an empty square, in a storm that scatters the crowd.

Doge's Palace1 work

Paradise
about 1588
Hundreds of saints in rings of light round Christ and the Virgin, filling the end wall of the Hall of the Great Council.

The life of Tintoretto

Tintoretto hardly ever left Venice. He made his name in 1548 with the Miracle of the Slave, painted for the Scuola Grande di San Marco, and spent his life winning commissions, sometimes by offering to work for less or for nothing.

From 1564 to 1587 he painted more than fifty canvases for the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, and in his last years Paradise for the Hall of the Great Council in the Doge's Palace. He is buried in the church of the Madonna dell'Orto, near his house in Cannaregio.

What to know

His father was a dyer, a tintore
He painted more than fifty canvases for the Scuola Grande di San Rocco
His Paradise in the Doge's Palace is one of the largest paintings on canvas

Born: 1518 or 1519, Venice, Republic of Venice
Died: 31 May 1594, Venice, Republic of Venice

Tintoretto: common questions

Where can you see Tintoretto in Venice?: At the Scuola Grande di San Rocco: The Crucifixion and St Roch in Glory. At the Gallerie dell'Accademia: The Miracle of the Slave and St Mark's Body Brought to Venice. At the Doge's Palace: Paradise. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Tintoretto's most famous work in Venice?: The Crucifixion, of 1565, at the Scuola Grande di San Rocco. A vast canvas in the Sala dell'Albergo, a crowd of soldiers, mourners and onlookers round the cross. He thought it his finest work.
When and where was Tintoretto born?: In 1518 or 1519, at Venice, Republic of Venice. Tintoretto died on 31 May 1594, at Venice, Republic of Venice, aged about 76.
What is Tintoretto known for?: His father was a dyer, a tintore. He painted more than fifty canvases for the Scuola Grande di San Rocco. His Paradise in the Doge's Palace is one of the largest paintings on canvas. Tintoretto was a Venetian painter, of Mannerism.