Tintoretto
Domenico Tintoretto
1560-1635
Venetian School. Born c.1560; died 1635. He was the pupil, and for many years assistant, of his father, Jacopo. Recently his more independent oeuvre, especially in portraiture, is being distinguished from paintings by his father and the family atelier. Domenico's attention to details of bodily appearance heIps distinguish his portraits from Jacopo's in spite of the son's close dependence on his father's style. A contemporary biographer,(1) discussing Domenico's independent production, lists numerous prominent men and women of the day who sat to Domenico: doges, procurators, generals, senators, ambassadors, cardinals, bishops, foreign nobility, etc. He adds that he has mentioned only the most important of the many whose portraits Domenico painted, for 'it seemed that every worthy man and every lady of standing at this time sought to be rendered famous by Domenico's brush.' Unhappily, the portraits are not signed, and very rarely can the sitters now be identified. References: (1) C. Ridolfi, Le Maraviglie dell' arte, vol. II, 1648, pp. 263 ff. R. Tozzi (in Rivista di Vellezia, vol. XII, 1933, pp. 299 ff.) presents a study of Domenico's biography.
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