Assumption of the Virgin (Tintoretto)
{{Short description|Painting by Jacopo Tintoretto}}
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Assumption of the Virgin is a c.1555 oil on canvas painting by Tintoretto, now in the church I Gesuiti.{{cite book|title=Dizionario Larousse della pittura italiana: dalle origini ai nostri giorni|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hjAjsERcFEoC&dq=Assunzione+%28Tintoretto+Chiesa+di+Santa+Maria+Assunta&pg=PA510
|year=1998|publisher=Gremese Editore|author=Marina Sennato|pages=510|isbn=88-7742-185-1|language=it}}{{cite book|author=Antonio Fazio|title=Il Veltro, Volume 43|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oigUAQAAMAAJ&q=Assunzione+Tintoretto+Chiesa+di+Santa+Maria+Assunta|year=1999|pages=534|language=it}} It and Presentation at the Temple (Gallerie dell'Accademia) were both originally painted for the church of Santa Maria dei Crociferi.{{Cite book|author=Presentazione di Carlo Bernardi|title=L'opera completa del Tintoretto|year=1970|publisher=Rizzoli|pages=98|location=Milano|language=it}} Its colouring is similar to that of Paolo Veronese and Carlo Ridolfi wrote of it that originally Veronese had gained the commission for it before Tintoretto took it from him by promising to produce the work in Veronese's style.
References
Bibliography
- {{in lang|it}} Robert Echols and Frederik Ilchman (ed.s), Tintoretto 1519 - 1594, Marsilio, 2018, ISBN 978-88-317-1135-7.
- {{in lang|it}} Carlo Bernardi, L'opera completa del Tintoretto, Milano, Rizzoli, 1970.
- {{in lang|it}} Marina Sennato, Dizionario Larousse della pittura italiana: dalle origini ai nostri giorni, Gremese Editore, 1998, ISBN 88-7742-185-1.
External links
- {{cite web|url=http://venetocultura.org/Tintoretto%20Assunzione%20della%20Vergine%20Gesuati.php|title=Jacopo Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti, Venezia 1519-1594) - Assunzione della Vergine|access-date=4 May 2019}}
- {{cite web|url=http://catalogo.fondazionezeri.unibo.it/scheda.v2.jsp?tipo_scheda=F&id=87532&titolo=Naya%A0%20%A0Venezia%20-%20Chiesa%20dei%20Gesuiti%20-%20Tintoretto%20Jacopo.%20L%27Assunta&locale=it&decorator=layout_resp&apply=true|title=Naya — Venezia - Chiesa dei Gesuiti - Tintoretto Jacopo. L'Assunta|access-date=4 May 2019|language=it}}
- {{cite web|url=https://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/t/tintoret/2_1550s/05assump.html|title=The Assumption|access-date=4 May 2019|language=it}}
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