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Portrait of a Venetian

Attributed to Jacopo Tintoretto (AKA Tintoretto; Giacomo Robusti Tintoretto; il Furioso), Italian, (1518 (or 1519)–May 31, 1594)

Creation date: ca. 1550
Creation place: Italy

Other Information

Type: Oil Painting
Medium and Support: Oil on panel
Credit Line: Gift of Anne R. and Amy Putnam
Accession Number: 1944.18
State/Province: Venice
Dimensions: 18 1/2 in. x 14 3/8 in. (46.99 cm x 36.51 cm)
Currently on view

Provenance

Crivelli, Milan, Italy ( - )

Jacob M. Heimann, New York, New York (1939 - 1944)

Anne R. and Amy Putnam, San Diego, California (1944 - May 15, 1944)

San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California (May 15, 1944 - )

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Although best known today for his dramatic narrative paintings, Tintoretto was also an extraordinarily active portraitist and with his workshop painted hundreds of images of the Venetian ruling class. These portraits, however, generally forego the bold style that is the signature element of Tintoretto’s larger works. They employ instead a more subtle approach, as if to emphasize that the viewer’s attention was to be drawn primarily to the sitter and not to the painter responsible for capturing the sitter’s likeness.
Last Updated: 2/28/2023

Exhibition

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Four Centuries of Venetian Painting Toledo Museum of Art , 3/1/1940 - 3/31/1940

5 year loan to the new Timken Art Gallery , 9/2/1965 - 9/2/1970

Art of Portraits The San Diego Museum of Art , 1/27/2016 - 00/00/00

Celebrating Tintoretto: Portrait Paintings and Studio Drawings The Metropolitan Museum of Art , 10/16/2018 - 1/27/2019

Bibliography

This object has the following bibliographic references:

Julia Gethman Andrews (DUP). A Catalogue of European Paintings, 1300-1870 San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1947
Page Number: 59, 60, Figure Number: 60

Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth Century Italian Paintings Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972
Page Number: 247

Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth Century Italian Paintings Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972
Page Number: 519

Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth Century Italian Paintings Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972
Page Number: 632

The Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego Catalogue: San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1960
Page Number: 69, 71, Figure Number: 71

Arthur Millier. The Art Digest The Art Digest, Inc.. New York, New York, January 1, 1948
Page Number: 9

John D. Morse. Old Master Paintings in North America Abbeville Press Publishers. New York, New York, 1979
Page Number: 262

John D. Morse. Old Masters in America: Rand McNally & Company. New York, New York, 1955
Page Number: 160

Four Centuries of Venetian Painting Toledo Museum of Art. Toledo, Ohio, 1940
Page Number: cat. no. 59, Figure Number: 59

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