Doge Alvise Mocenigo and Family before the Madonna and Child
c. 1575
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 216 × 416 cm (85 1/16 × 163 3/4 in.) framed: 252.8 × 452.2 × 12.7 cm (99 1/2 × 178 × 5 in.) framed weight: 154.223 kg (340 lb.); unframed weight: 143 lb
Classification
Painting
Department
CIS-R
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Accession Number
1961.9.44
About the Artist
Jacopo Tintoretto
'Tintoretto' was nicknamed 'little dyer' for his father's humble occupation of 'tintore' ( a dyer), and 'il Furioso' for his violent application of paint. His work was sometimes criticized as being hastily executed and unfinished during his lifetime, but he was among the most influential and prominent Venetian painters of his time. Except for visiting Mantua around 1580, Tintoretto stayed in Venic...