Jacopo Comin - Tintoreto

Tintoretto, born Jacopo Robusti; late September or early October 1518[2] - 31 May 1594) was an Italian painter and a notable exponent of the Venetian school. His contemporaries both admired and criticized the speed with which he painted, and the unprecedented boldness of his brushwork. For his phenomenal energy in painting he was termed Il Furioso ("The Furious"). His work is characterised by his muscular figures, dramatic gestures and bold use of perspective, in the Mannerist style.

Unlike Titian, he was not a painter of princes or the emperor or the pope, but his clients included the clergy and the Venetian patriciate, the lay brotherhoods (the decoration of the Scuola Grande di San Rocco) and later the Republic of Venice (the decoration of the Doge's Palace). His works were dominated by religious themes, in which he achieved the drama and mysticism of the events depicted through his mannerist use of colour and the contrast of light and shadow. Tintoretto's work not only influenced his contemporaries, but also foreshadowed the Baroque style of painting.