Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594)
Autoritratto (Self-Portrait)
c.1546–1548
Oil on canvas, 45.1 × 38.1 cm
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
This dramatically intimate self-portrait announced the arrival of a new talent on the Venetian art scene; Tintoretto painted it when he was just beginning his career. The picture follows the Venetian portraiture tradition of showing the subject’s head emerging from a dark background and making the eyes the focus of attention. (PMoA)
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Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594)
Autoritratto come giovane uomo
c.1548
Victoria and Albert Museum, London