Adoration of the Shepherds by Tintoretto, Scuola
Adoration of the Shepherds, 1578-81, detail of Mary, Joseph and Jesus, by Jacopo Tintoretto, 1518-94, painting on the walls of the Sala Superiore, in the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, a lay confraternity founded in 1478, based on the cult of St Roch, in San Polo in Venice, Italy. The Scuola was built 1515-60 by several architects: Bartolomeo Bon, Pietro Bon, Sante Lombardo, Antonio Scarpagnino and Giangiacomo dei Grigi. In 1564-87 Jacopo Tintoretto was commissioned to decorate the rooms with paintings of the Old and New Testaments. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
13442476
Media ID
45173225
Size
7087px x 4877px
(7.9MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
