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Painting by Jacopo Tintoretto
Assumption of the Virgin (c. 1555) by Tintoretto
Assumption of the Virgin is a c.1555 oil on canvas painting by
Tintoretto, now in the
I Gesuiti.
[1]
[2] It and
Presentation at the Temple (
Gallerie dell'Accademia) were both originally painted for the church of
Santa Maria dei Crociferi.
[3] Its colouring is similar to that of
Paolo Veronese
[1] and
Carlo Ridolfi 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.
[3]
References
Bibliography
- (in Italian) Robert Echols and Frederik Ilchman (ed.s), Tintoretto 1519 - 1594, Marsilio, 2018, ISBN 978-88-317-1135-7.
- (in Italian) Carlo Bernardi, L'opera completa del Tintoretto, Milano, Rizzoli, 1970.
- (in Italian) Marina Sennato, Dizionario Larousse della pittura italiana: dalle origini ai nostri giorni, Gremese Editore, 1998, ISBN 88-7742-185-1.
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