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Tintoretto's Scuola Grande di San Rocco Murals

Type Event Region Europe Time 1560–1588

From the 1560s, Venetian painter Tintoretto created a vast series of murals and ceiling paintings for the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, a landmark of l…

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  1. 1560–1564Venice · VeniceAround 1560 Tintoretto painted early works for the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, including St. Roch Healing the Plague-Stricken, winning trust with low prices and efficiency. In 1564 the confraternity formally appointed him official painter, launching the systematic decoration of the hall and nave.
  2. 1564–1588Scuola Grande di San Rocco · VeniceTintoretto painted masterpieces such as The Last Supper and Moses Striking the Rock in the hall of the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, and continued with Old and New Testament narrative series and ceiling decorations in the nave and upper floor. Strong diagonal compositions and chiaroscuro created a dramatic religious effect, making the building one of Venice's most important sites of artistic pilgrimage.

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