Doge Alvise Mocenigo (1507–1577) Presented to the Redeemer

Doge Alvise Mocenigo (1507–1577) Presented to the Redeemer by Jacopo Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti)

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

38 1/4 x 78 in. (97.2 x 198.1 cm)

Classification

Paintings

Department

European Paintings

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1910

Accession Number

10.206

Tags

MenSaint MarkJesusLionsAngels

Art Historical Context

In the grand tradition of Venetian Renaissance portraiture, Jacopo Tintoretto's *Doge Alvise Mocenigo (1507–1577) Presented to the Redeemer* (probably 1577) captures moment of pious devotion. The oil-on-canvas painting depicts Venice's Doge Alvise I Mocenigo, who ruled from 1570 his death in 1577, being presented to Christ the Redeemer—likely by Saint Mark, the city's patron saint, amid symbolic lions and ethereal angels. This horizontal composition, measuring nearly 78 inches wide, evokes the ceremonial splendor of Venice's ducal legacy. Tintoretto, a master of the Venetian Mannerist style, ...

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