The Discovery of the Body of Saint Mark
after Jacopo Tintoretto (Venice 1518 - Venice 1594)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1700
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
660 x 750 mm
Place of origin
Veneto
Order this imageCollection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 436226
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Discovery of the Body of Saint Mark, after Jacopo Tintoretto (Venice 1518 - Venice 1594), circa 1700. A large canvas showing the discovery of the body of Saint Mark from the Egyptian port of Alexandria by Venetian merchants. The orginal of 1562/66 is now in the Pinacoteca Brera, Milan.
Provenance
Acquired by purchase from Lord Brownlow with grants from the National Heritage Memorial Fund in January 1984.
Credit line
Belton House, The Brownlow Collection (acquired with the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund by the National Trust in 1984)
Makers and roles
after Jacopo Tintoretto (Venice 1518 - Venice 1594), artist