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''Assumption of the Virgin'' is a c.1555 oil on canvas painting by
''Assumption of the Virgin'' is a c.1555 oil on canvas painting by Tintoretto
Tintoretto ( , , ; born Jacopo Robusti; late September or early October 1518Bernari and de Vecchi 1970, p. 83.31 May 1594) was an Italian painter identified with the Venetian school. His contemporaries both admired and criticized the speed with ...
, now in the I Gesuiti
The church of Santa Maria Assunta, known as I Gesuiti, is a religious building in Venice, northern Italy. It is located in the sestiere of Cannaregio, in Campo dei Gesuiti, not far from the Fondamenta Nuove.
History
According to some sourcesGian ...
. It and ''Presentation at the Temple
The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple (or ''in the temple'') is an early episode in the life of Jesus Christ, describing his presentation at the Temple in Jerusalem, that is celebrated by many churches 40 days after Christmas on Candlemas, ...
'' (Gallerie dell'Accademia
The Gallerie dell'Accademia is a museum gallery of pre-19th-century art in Venice, northern Italy. It is housed in the Scuola della Carità on the south bank of the Grand Canal, within the sestiere of Dorsoduro. It was originally the gallery o ...
) were both originally painted for the church of Santa Maria dei Crociferi. Its colouring is similar to that of Paolo Veronese
Paolo Caliari (152819 April 1588), known as Paolo Veronese ( , also , ), was an Italian Renaissance painter based in Venice, known for extremely large history paintings of religion and mythology, such as ''The Wedding at Cana'' (1563) and ''The ...
and Carlo Ridolfi
Carlo Ridolfi (1594–1658) was an Italian art biographer and painter of the Baroque period.
Biography
Ridolfi was born in Lonigo near Vicenza.
He was a pupil of the painter Antonio Vassilacchi (Aliense). He painted a ''Visitation'' for the Og ...
wrote of it that originally Veronese had gained the commission for it before Tintoretto took it from him by promising to produce the work in Veronese's style.
References
Bibliography
* Robert Echols and Frederik Ilchman (ed.s), ''Tintoretto 1519 - 1594'', Marsilio, 2018, ISBN 978-88-317-1135-7. * Carlo Bernardi, ''L'opera completa del Tintoretto'', Milano, Rizzoli, 1970. * Marina Sennato, ''Dizionario Larousse della pittura italiana: dalle origini ai nostri giorni'', Gremese Editore, 1998, ISBN 88-7742-185-1.External links
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Tintoretto ( , , ; born Jacopo Robusti; late September or early October 1518Bernari and de Vecchi 1970, p. 83.31 May 1594) was an Italian painter identified with the Venetian school. His contemporaries both admired and criticized the speed with ...