Tintoretto

[ tin-tuh-ret-oh; Italian teen-taw-ret-taw ]

noun

1. Il [eel], Jacopo Robusti, 1518–94, Venetian painter.

Tintoretto

/ tintoˈretto; ˌtɪntəˈrɛtəʊ /

noun

1. Tintoretto, Il15181594MItalianARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Il (il). original name Jacopo Robusti. 1518–94, Italian painter of the Venetian school. His works include Susanna bathing (?1550) and the fresco cycle in the Scuola di San Rocco, Venice (from 1564)

Example Sentences

The great Italian painters were all represented: Raphael, Titian, Tintoretto.

From Literature

Among the numerous depictions of the scene is an enormous, 10-foot-wide version of the engagement created soon after it took place in 1571 that has been attributed to Tintoretto.

From New York Times

But still, the place really was a stunner — all marble floors with massive Tintoretto masterpieces affixed to the walls and to the ceiling.

From Los Angeles Times

The inaugural exhibition will feature 650 of the more than 150,000 pieces Patrimonio Nacional manages, including works from Velázquez, Goya, Caravaggio, Titian and Tintoretto.

From Washington Times

Learning from these northerners, Venetian painters such as Titian and Tintoretto were particularly brilliant at approximating the way the eye actually sees: not with allover focus and precision but with a great deal of guesswork and inference.

From Washington Post