Job op de mesthoop
1570 - 1635
Medium
brush
Dimensions
300; 199
About this artwork
Aankoop uit het F.G. Waller-Fonds
Art Historical Context
This brush drawing by Domenico Tintoretto captures the biblical figure Job seated on a dung heap, a poignant moment of suffering and endurance drawn from the Old Testament. Created during Tintoretto’s lifetime (1570–1635), the compact work—measuring just 199 by 300 millimetres—reflects the intimate scale often chosen for preparatory studies or devotional images in late Renaissance Venice. As the son and collaborator of the celebrated Jacopo Tintoretto, Domenico continued the family workshop’s emphasis on dynamic figures and expressive lighting, here rendered with fluid brushwork that conveys b...
About the Artist
Domenico Tintoretto
Son and assistant of the famous Venetian painter, Jacopo Robusti, called Tintoretto. He is known primarily as a portrait painter, although Domenico executed other subjects as well. Comment on works: religious, mythology, Portraits