Éternel Tintoret
When: 11.09.2026 11:00
Where: 48.875265, 2.310873
Organizer: Admin
Jacomo Robusti, nicknamed “Tintoretto” in reference to his father’s dye‑working trade, establishes himself as one of the major figures of 16th‑century painting. He remains in Venice all his life, where his ambition finds fertile ground: it is in this city with a strong artistic influence that his exceptionally long career unfolds. Although his training remains poorly known, he asserts himself by the late 1540s with prestigious commissions such as the Miracle of the Slave (1548). With the support of a large workshop, he dominates, in the second half of the century, the market for large decorative cycles destined for the city’s institutions, such as the Palazzo dei Dogi (Paradise fresco, from 1588) or the Scuola Grande di San Rocco (from 1564 to 1588).
Revealing the full modernity of his art, the exhibition highlights the uniqueness of an artist endowed with incredible creative energy, whom Vasari saw as the “most terrible spirit that painting has ever known” (1568). A complex and unclassifiable artist, Tintoret develops a body of work both admired and debated, characterized by daring compositions, vertiginous perspectives, spectacular lighting effects, and the vividness of his brushstroke—the famous prestezza. By creating an original synthesis between the sculptural drawing (disegno) of Tuscan masters, especially that of Michel‑Angelo who fascinates him, and the Venetian colorito of Titian, his rival, he brings the Renaissance in Venice to its apex.
Bringing together about forty paintings and graphic works from public and private collections in France, Italy, and internationally, the exhibition offers a thematic route that allows visitors to grasp the diversity and scope of Tintoret’s oeuvre across several axes. The great religious compositions, such as the Miracle of Saint Augustine (1547‑1549, Palazzo Chiericati, Vicenza) or the Trinity (c. 1561‑1562, Galleria Sabauda, Turin), demonstrate, for example, his ability to renew sacred subjects through a dramatic interpretation.
Tags: renaissance, painting, art exhibition
Source: https://www.paris.fr/evenements/eternel-tintoret-117945
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