Episode 223 - Tintoretto’s “Stealing of the Body of St. Mark” (Accademia Gallery, Venice)

Rebuilding The Renaissance

English - April 26, 2023 10:30 - 20 minutes - 18.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 202 ratings
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Fourteen years after exploding onto the art scene in Venice, Tintoretto produced another dramatic work for the Scuola Grande of San Marco. The intense painting depicts the legendary story of two Venetian merchants stealing the body of St. Mark away from Alexandria in the 9th century.