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Madonna dell’Orto

In the Chiesa della Madonna dell’Orto in Venice we can admire Tintoretto’s “The Apparition of the Cross to Saint Peter”. The whirling movements of the angels and the recoiling figure of Saint Peter are full of dynamic action. The painting dates from c.1556.
What a contrast with the altar piece from c.1495 that Cima da Conegliano has made for a place in the same church.

With Cima’s painting, with its bright light and colours in a classical, balanced composition, we are in the High Renaissance. With the painting by Tintoretto we have arrived in the Mannerism of the Late Renaissance. Two painting styles 60 years apart and a world of difference.

Photo of the week: Jacopo Tintoretto, The Apparition of the Cross to Saint Peter, c.1556, Chiesa della Madonna dell’Orto, Venice, Italy 2022