Crucifixion (Tintoretto)

The Crucifixion by Tintoretto is a large painting in oil on canvas, installed in the Sala dell'Albergo of the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice. It is signed and dated 1565. This painting is one of the most dramatic versions of the Crucifixion in the history of Christian art.^[1]

Crucifixion
Artist	Tintoretto
Year	1565
Medium	oil on canvas
Dimensions	536 cm × 1127 cm (211 in × 444 in)
Location	Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice

Tintoretto painted other images of the Crucifixion as well, including one that is in the Church of San Cassiano in Venice (1568),^[2] one that is in Church of the Gesuati in Venice (c. 1565).,^[3] and one that is in the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice and was formerly in the Church of San Severo in Venice.^[4] Colm Tóibín wrote about visiting all four of these paintings.^[5]

References

• Nichols, Tom (2015) [1999]. Tintoretto: Tradition and Identity, revised and expanded second edition. London: Reaktion Books ISBN 978 1 78023 450 2.
• Partridge, Loren W. (2015). Art of Renaissance Venice, 1400-1600. Berkeley: University of California Press
• Rosand, David (1997) [1982]. Painting in Sixteenth-Century Venice: Titian, Veronese, Tintoretto. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. (The 1982 edition is titled Painting in Cinquecento Venice: Titian, Veronese, Tintoretto)

Notes

1. Partridge, Loren (2015). Art of Renaissance Venice, 1400-1600. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 171.
2. Cassiano
3. Gesuati
4. Gallerie dell’Accademia
5. Tóibín, Colm, "Alone in Venice", London Review of Books, 19 November 2020