Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti)
Portrait of a Bearded Man
About this artwork
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artist:Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti) (1519 - 1594) Italian
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title:Portrait of a Bearded Man
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date created:About 1549 - 1550
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:36.00 x 27.20 cm; Framed: 53.00 x 44.50 x 6.50 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Bequest of Mary Hamilton Campbell, Baroness Ruthven 1885
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accession number:NG 689
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Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti)
Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti)
Jacopo Robusti was nicknamed Tintoretto 'little dyer' after his father who was a cloth dyer. He became one of the most prolific artists in Venice, specialising in large-scale religious narrative scenes, altarpieces, mythological subjects and portraits. His striking compositions often defied...
