Jacopo Tintoretto, The Madonna of the Treasurers, 1567, oil on canvas, overall: 221 × 521 cm (87 × 205 1/8 in.), Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice.
Tintoretto at the National Gallery, Washington The first full-scale retrospective of the artist in America, Tintoretto: Artist of Renaissance Venice presents a complete overview of his work, thanks to many significant loans traveling to the U.S. for the first time. March 24 through July 7, 2019, at the National Gallery of Art, Washington.]]>
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The Gallery’s presentation comprises 46 paintings and ten drawings. The majority of the paintings are immense, stretching nine, ten, or even 16 feet in the case of “Paradiso (modello)” (c. 1583, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza). Other highlights of the exhibition are a gallery devoted to portraits, revealing that Tintoretto was one of the great portraitists of his day; a substantial group of works on loan from the Gallerie dell’Accademia and Palazzo Ducale; and a film with breathtaking views of the artist’s paintings in their Venetian settings. Among the loans leaving Italy for the first time are four that have undergone major conservation projects recently, sponsored by the American nonprofit, Save Venice. One of those, “Saint Martial in Glory with Saint Peter and Saint Paul” (1549, Church of San Marziale) will be installed outside the exhibition in the West Building’s Lobby B.
“The Gallery is honored to work with the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia and the Gallerie dell’Accademia to present the first full consideration of Tintoretto in America. Their partnership has made the impossible possible, and with this unprecedented exhibition, there will be no doubt of Tintoretto’s place as one of the titans of Italian painting,” said Earl A. Powell III, director, National Gallery of Art, Washington. “We are fortunate to have a generous group of international loans —many making their first trip to the U.S.— join the Gallery’s rich holdings of works by Tintoretto. The exhibition and its accompanying catalog, as well as the coinciding Online Edition, will add greatly to scholarship on Tintoretto, and more broadly, on Italian Renaissance painting.”
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