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 TIEPOLO— TINTORETTO. 181 TIEPOLO, Giovanni Battista, h. at Venice in 1603, d. at Madrid, March 25, 1760. Venetian School. He stu- died under Gregorio Lazzarini, then imitated Piazzetta, but eventually adopted Paul Veronese fbr his model. Tiepolo became a great fresco-painter, acquiring great renown in Italy, Ger- many, and in Spain. His style was slight and brilliant, his drawing grace- ful but feeble ; in his colour and in his treatment of drapeiy he resembles Paul Veronese; and he had remark- able facility of execution. Zanetti re- marks on the peculiar brilliancy of Tiepolu's colouring, attained not by gay colours but by his power of con- trast ; he kept the masses of the pic- ture low, and then, by the judicious application of more positive colour, effected, almost wholly by contrast, an unusually brilliant effect. He spent the last eight years of his life in Spain, in the service of Charles III. He etched several plates in a free and spirited manner. He left two sons, Giovanni Domenico, and Lorenzo ; the elder etched some of his father's de- signs. Works. Venice, church of the Spe- dale della Pieta, the ceiling, in fresco : at the Domenicani alle Zattere, the ceiling in fresco; and an altar-piece, the Madonna and Saints : Santa Maria della Fava, St. Anne and the Virgin : Scuola del Carmine, the Virgin in Glory, fresco : at the Cappuchins, a Cas- tello, the Discovery of the Cross. Milan, St. Ambrose, Shipwreck of San Satire. Padua, Sant' Antonio, Martyr- dom of St. Agatha. {Zanettiy LanzL) TINELLI, Cav. Tiberio, b. at Venice, 1586, d, 1638. Venetian SchooL The scholar of Giovanni Con- tarino, -and an imitator of Leandro Bassano: he became a distinguished portrait-painter, his pictures being executed in a careful and vigorous manner, well coloured, and combining natural grace with dignity of character. Historical subjects by Tinelli are scarce. He was decorated with the Order of St. Michael by Louis XIII. of France. He painted many of the principal Venetians of his time, which pictures are dispersed in various pri- vate collections. He painted occa- sionally fancy portraits; many Vene- tian laidies ; but he frequentiy left his portraits unfinished. There is a por- trait in the Venetian Academy; and a head by him in the Uffi^ Gallezy at Florence. ( Ridolji, ) TINTORETTO, Jacopo Robusti, commonly called II Tintoretto, h, 1512, d. May 31, 1594. Venetian School. This painter acquired the name of II Tintoretto from the trade of his father, who was a dyer (tintore). Titian was for a few days only his instructor; he may accordingly be said to have been self-taught. Ridolfi re- lates that Titian sent Tintoretto hon&e after he had been with him only ten days, on account of some spirited drawings which he had made : the reason of the dismissal must be in- ferred. Tintoretto Subsequentiy de- voted himself with ardour to the study of casts from the antique, and the works of Michelangelo. His great ambition was now to design like Michelangelo, and to colour like Ti- tian. II disegno di Michelangelo ed il colori di Tiziano, — such was the as- piration he wrote on the wall of his studio. He devoted the day to paint- ing, and the night to drawing from his casts. By these means he united great strength of shadow with Venetian colouring. He also made himself master of foreshortening, an art less studied by the Venetians generally than by the Lombards : Tintoretto made express studies from the living model. He applied himself likewise to the actual dissection of the dead subject, and thus attained a superior