Major works for the ceiling of the Sala superiore in the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, centred on ‘The Brazen Serpent’, ‘Moses Striking the Rock’, and ‘Gathering of the Manna’.
history of painting
Two more informal Last Suppers, a votive of the Doge who ruled Venice at the time, and the perils of black grounds.
He completes his work for the Albergo at San Rocco with three scenes from the Passion, and paints a votive showing the Madonna and Child with three contemporary fiscal administrators in Venice.
He’d been trying to get a commission since 1549. Then in 1564, he pre-empted a competition, and painted 23 works for a single room, including his vast Crucifixion, 12 m (40 feet) across.
The less famous Wedding at Cana which preceded that of Veronese; two Assumptions, a Last Supper which still shocked Ruskin 300 years later, and episodes from the story of Saint Mark.
Three key religious works from his early career: a Crucifixion painted on a budget, and two vertiginous canvases nearly 15 m (50 feet) high.
He started the practice of undercutting his prices, sometimes painting at the cost of materials. His first work for Madonna dell’Orto, where he is now buried.
Two of his greatest paintings: St George and the Dragon, and Susannah and the Elders, examined in detail.
An astrological allegory, self-portrait, Christ washing the feet of his disciples, and a cycle of paintings from Genesis.
A note above his studio door proclaimed that he drew like Michelangelo and used colour like Titian. A small selection of works leading to his breakthrough in 1548.
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