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Jacopo Comin (1901–1973) was an Italian film producer, writer, and director.
Today, we know this iconic Renaissance master as ‘Tintoretto’ (1518 – 1594), but he was actually born Jacopo Comin, taking the name Tintoretto from his father's profession as a fabric dyer – or...
Tintoretto (Italian pronunciation: [tintoˈretto]; born Jacopo Comin, late September or early October, 1518 – May 31, 1594) was an Italian painter and a notable exponent of the Venetian school. The speed with which he painted, and the unprecedented boldness of his brushwork, were both admired and criticized by his contemporaries.
- Italian
- Venice, Italy
Oct 12, 2018 · If you ask even some experienced art historians about the identity and works of Jacopo Comin (September 29, 1518-May 31, 1593), they might conceivably draw a blank and yet he was one of the Venetian School’s greatest painters and probably the last great painter of the Italian Renaissance.
Little is known of the initial training of Jacopo Comin, son of a dyer, although some sources refer to a period in Titian’s studio. His early canvases reveal a knowledge of the work of Bonafazio de’Pitati, Paris Bordone and Andrea Schiavone.
Jacopo Robusti (late September or early October 1518 – 31 May 1594), best known as Tintoretto (⫽ ˌ t ɪ n t ə ˈ r ɛ t oʊ ⫽ TIN-tə-RET-oh, Italian: [tintoˈretto], Venetian: [tiŋtoˈɾeto]), was an Italian Renaissance painter of the Venetian school.
Tintoretto (September 29, 1518 – May 31, 1594), real name Jacopo Comin, was an Italian painter and a notable exponent of the Venetian Renaissance school. For his phenomenal energy in painting he was termed Il Furioso.
