Portrait of Doge Girolamo Priuli
1559 · Private collection
portraitIn such portraits as this, Tintoretto prepared the way for Netherlandish portrait painting of the 17th century. The style as a whole is very sketch-like. The sometimes hatched brushwork is characteristic of portraits executed by Tintoretto from life on the canvas.

About the Artist
Tintoretto
1518 – 1594
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