Temptation of Christ by Tintoretto, Scuola Grande
Temptation of Christ, 1578-81, detail of the devil offering rocks to Jesus to turn into bread, 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
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