''The Crucifixion'' 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 ...

is a large painting in

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, installed in the Sala dell'Albergo of the

Scuola Grande di San Rocco The Scuola Grande di San Rocco is a building in Venice, northern Italy. It is noted for its collection of paintings by Tintoretto and generally agreed to include some of his finest work. History The building is the seat of a confraternity establ ...

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. 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.

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

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Crucifixion (Tintoretto) 1565 paintings Oil paintings Paintings by Tintoretto Paintings depicting the Crucifixion of Jesus Paintings in Venice