Tintoretto, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tintoretto

Italian painter of the Renaissance school

Date of Birth: 29-Sep-1518

Place of Birth: Venice, Venetian Province, Italy

Date of Death: 31-May-1594

Profession: painter

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Tintoretto ( TIN-t?-RET-oh, Italian: [tinto'retto], Venetian: [ti?to'?eto]; born Jacopo Comin; late September or early October 1518 – 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.In his youth, Tintoretto was also known as Jacopo Robusti, as his father had defended the gates of Padua in a way that others called robust against the imperial troops during the War of the League of Cambrai (1509–16).
(Robusto meaning "robust, sturdy".) His real name, Comin, as discovered by Miguel Falomir of the Museo del Prado in Madrid, was made public on the occasion of the retrospective of Tintoretto at the Prado in 2007.
The name Comin translates to the spice "cumin" in the Venetian language.



Alternative names	Il Tintoretto, Il Furioso, Jacopo Robusti, Birth name: Jacopo Comin
Description	Italian painter
Date of birth/death	29 September 1518 / October 1518 / 1519	31 May 1594
Location of birth/death	Venice	Venice
Work period	from 1539 until 1594 date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1539-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1594-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location	Venice
Authority control	: Q9319 VIAF: 95161574 ISNI: 0000 0001 2144 1428 ULAN: 500011407 LCCN: n50011866 NLA: 35550876 WorldCat