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Tintoretto

Type Figure Region Venice Time 1518–1594 Also known as Little Dyer

A master of the late Italian Renaissance Venetian school, born Jacopo Robusti, nicknamed 'Little Dyer' after his father's dyeing workshop;…

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  1. 1518–1548Venice · VenetoHe studied in local Venetian workshops, reportedly briefly under Titian, forming early on a personal style of rapid brushwork and bold composition, and gradually emerging in the Republic's art world.
  2. 1548–1594Venice · VenetoAfter 1548 he received numerous church and guild commissions, creating masterpieces such as The Last Supper and The Miracle of the Slave; from the 1560s to 1570s he painted a series of murals for the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, and in the 1580s completed the monumental Paradise for the Great Hall of the Doge's Palace, until his death in 1594.

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