#jacopo tintoretto

[karrova]

The Origin of the Milky Way, 1575-1580

Jacopo Tintoretto

[tragediambulante]

The descent from the cross, Jacopo Tintoretto, 1586-90

[didoofcarthage]

Esther Before Ahasuerus by Jacopo Robusti, called Il Tintoretto

Italian, c. 1546-1547

oil on canvas

Royal Collection Trust (acquired by King Charles I)

[artandthebible]

The Meeting of Tamar and Judah

Artist: Jacopo Tintoretto (Italian, 1519–1594)

Genre: Religious Art

Date: ca. 1555-1559

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Collection: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

The Story of Tamar

There are three women named Tamar in Scripture. One Tamar, the beautiful daughter of Absalom, is only mentioned in passing in 2 Samuel 14:27; this Tamar became the mother of Queen Maacah, who married King Rehoboam. The other two Tamars are both tragic figures, women who were ruined by the neglect and abuse of close family members. Their stories seem to be included in Scripture for the purpose of providing historical and spiritual information about the Messianic line.

Jacob’s son Judah, patriarch of the line of Judah had three sons: Er, Onan, and Shelah. A woman named Tamar married Er, but then Er died, leaving her a widow. Since it was required that the next of kin care for a brother’s widow, Tamar was given to Onan, but he also died. Shelah was still a boy and could not marry Tamar, so Judah asked her to return to her father’s house and wait until Shelah was grown up. However, once Shelah was old enough, Judah did not honor his promise. Tamar remained an unmarried widow. Tamar then went into town disguised as a prostitute, tricked Judah, and got him to sleep with her. She then became pregnant by Judah and bore twin sons named Perez and Zerah. The story is recorded in Genesis 38.

Who was Judah?

Judah was the fourth son of Jacob with his wife Leah, and the head of one of the 12 tribes of Israel. The other 11 tribes descended from Judah’s brothers and half-brothers.

[weary-hearted-art]

Jacopo Tintoretto, The Baptism of Christ, 1585. Oil on canvas

[mysterious-secret-garden]

Jacopo Tintoretto - The Murder of Abel, between 1550 and 1553.

[royalty-nobility]

Portrait of Marino Grimani

Artist: Jacopo Tintoretto  (Italian, 1519–1594) 

Genre: Portrait

Date: 1578

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Collection: Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Marino Grimani (1 July 1532, in Venice – 25 December 1605, in Venice) was the 89th Doge of Venice, reigning from 26 April 1595 until his death.

[oldsardens]

Jacopo Tintoretto - The Annunciation to Manoah's Wife

[proartsblog]

The Last Supper (Ultima Cena), 1594 by Jacopo Tintoretto (1518-1594)

[dumbbitchhour]

Jacopo Tintoretto, The Birth of Saint John the Baptist, 1550s x

[evilios]

Jacopo Tintoretto (1519 — 94), The Muses (1578)

The Muses were the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne and companions of Apollo (here represented as the sun rather than a bodily presence). Like Apollo, they were regarded as incorporating supreme outward beauty and intellectual grace. They were originally seen as the divine inspiration for poetry, song and dance, but gradually became the emblems of all the liberal arts. Hesiod and the literature of the later Roman Empire gave each muse a specific literary form and musical instrument, but the associations were always flexible. By the sixteenth century Apollo and the Muses had become associated with the idea of the harmony of the spheres, with Apollo as the Sun. It is not surprising, given this range of associations, that the individual Muses are hard to identify here.

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[creationfromnothingness]

Jacopo Tintoretto: La Resurrezione

[twobrothersatwork]

Jacopo Tintoretto (Italian, 1518-1594), Saint Helen Testing the True Cross.

[venustapolis]

Saint George and the Dragon (Jacopo Tintoretto, 1555)

[imhaus23]

Bildnis eines Jünglings mit einer Skulptur der Lucretia, um 1555

[weary-hearted-art]

Jacopo Tintoretto, Christ at the Sea of Galilee, c.1575-80. Oil on canvas