Miracle of the Slave
Jacopo Tintoretto Β· 1547
Why it's great
A slave about to be punished is saved when the hammer and the stakes break, and Saint Mark swoops from the sky. Jacopo Tintoretto painted it in 1547, and the swirling crowd is full of energy.
Where to see it
π Gallerie dell'AccademiaVenezia-Murano-Burano, Italy
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Jacopo Tintoretto was an Italian painter born in Venice in 1519. He lived in Venice all his life and painted huge, fast, dramatic canvases for churches and palaces, including the Doge's Palace. He died in Venice in 1594.



