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PORTRAIT
OF A VENETIAN PATRICIAN
JACOPO TINTORETTO (1518-1594)
(Text and Picture
Copyright in 1977 by the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester
which is not responsible for this publication.)
The letter “M” which is seen on a shield displaying half a crest permits the assumption that the name of the sitter is Marcello, possibly Jacopo Marcello, a member of the magistrature but not a procurator ( as has been proposed), and one of those responsible for the redecoration of the Great Council Hall after the fire of 1577.The older authorities gave this portrait to Jacopo Tintoretto, and the first to challenge this attribution was Paola Rossi, who ascribes it to the artist’s son Domenico and relates it the portrait of
Giovanni Paola Contarini in the Accademia
, Venice (no. 1012) which was recorded by Boschini as being by Domenico when in
the Procuratia de Supra. However, John H. Maxon considers it to be by Jacopo,
dating from ca. 1550 and that the background and possibly the materials might
be by an assistant. (68.97)
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