Jacopo Tintoretto (1518 /1519–1594) was described by his contemporary Giorgio Vasari as “the most extraordinary brain that painting has ever produced.” Considered to be one of the three great painters of 16th-century Venice, along with Titian and Paolo Veronese, Tintoretto is particularly admired for his bold and expressive brushwork, his dramatic treatments of sacred narrative subjects, and his insightful portraits of the Venetian aristocracy.

Tintoretto: Artist of Renaissance Venice features more than 65 of the artist’s paintings, including many large-scale works that convey the breadth and power of his narrative paintings, along with a sample of his finest drawings. Edited by guest curators Robert Echols and Frederick Ilchman, it comprises contributions from an international group of leading Tintoretto scholars, based upon the most recent research. This lavishly illustrated volume provides a fundamental point of reference for modern scholarship and an ideal introduction to the artist’s career and oeuvre for the general reader.