Tintoretto

June 19, 2025
Today is the Feast of Corpus Christi (Body of Christ or Corpus Domini) celebrated in the Western Church since 1246 on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday .

April 17, 2025
Today is Holy, or Maundy, Thursday, when Jesus washed his disciples’ feet in an act of humility that is seen as a reminder of the cleansing waters of Baptism and a foreshadowing of the purification brought by the Crucifixion .

May 31, 2018
Venetian painter Jacopo Tintoretto died on 31 May 1594 in his native city.

April 1, 2015
Italian author, artist, and collector Carlo Ridolfi was born on 1 April 1594 in Lonigo, a city in the Veneto not far from Vicenza.

February 24, 2015
Mattia Preti was born on 24 February 1613 in Taverna, Calabria.

February 1, 2014
Today is the Feast Day of the Purification.

January 6, 2014
Today is the Feast day of the Epiphany.

November 15, 2013
artgalleryofontario : Christ Washing His Disciples’ Feet , c. 1545 – 1555 Jacopo Tintoretto, Italian, 1518 – 1594 Oil on canvas Overall: 154.9 x 407.7 cm Gift by general subscription, 1959 © 2013 Art Gallery of Ontario

September 29, 2013
philamuseum : Happy birthday to Venetian mannerist painter Tintoretto (Jacopo di Giovanni Battista Robusti), born today in 1519 (d. 1594).