The Last Supper by Jacopo Tinteretto
Jacopo Tintoretto (1518-1594) was considered to be the greatest Mannerist painter in Venice (University of Chicago, 1969). Often viewed poorly by contemporaries of the time; Tintoretto was expelled from the Titian school after just 10 days. His painting “The Last Supper” along with other works was never fully accepted by the prominent families of Venetian life. (Turner, 1996). He painted his versions of “The Last Supper” at least eight times, beginning in 1547 (Turner, 1996). Like other Renaissance painters of …
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…found in Tinteretto’s Last Supper, painted exactly 20 years earlier.
After completing “The Last Supper” of 1592 Jacopo Tintoretto died. His passing and the completion of this piece marked the end of the mannerism.
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