Jacopo Tintoretto, Portrait of Vincenzo Morosini
ca 1575-80Jacopo Tintoretto, Portrait of Vincenzo Morosini
ca 1575-80Paintings sorted by   Historical period  |   Painter  |  Subject matter  |  Pigments used
Overview
Date:Â about 1575-80
Medium: Oil
Support: Canvas
Size: 85.3 x 52.2 cm
Art period: Late Renaissance (Mannerism)
National Gallery London
Inventory number:Â NG4004
Pigments
Pigment Analysis
The following pigment analysis is based on the technical examination of the painting in the National Gallery London (1, 2).
1Â Blue sky and landscape:Â azurite
2Â Green landscape:Â malachite
3 The greenish-gold curtain on the left. This curtain has been overpainted by Tintoretto and replaced by the brown background: verdigris and orpiment
4 Flesh tone of the face: green earth with small amounts of vermilion
5Â Reddish lips: green earth with a greater proportion of vermilion
6Â Crimson robe:Â carmine kermes lake
7Â Orange spots on the golden embroidery of the sash:Â realgar
8Â Yellow parts of the embroidery of the sash: orpiment and realgar
References
(1) Plesters, J. ‘Tintoretto’s Paintings in the National Gallery: Part I‘. National Gallery Technical Bulletin Vol 3, 1979, pp 3–24.
(2) Plesters, J. ‘Tintoretto’s Paintings in the National Gallery: Part II‘. National Gallery Technical Bulletin Vol 4, 1980, pp 32–48.
Pigments Used in This Painting
Resources
Videos
Video: 'Tintoretto: Artist of Renaissance Venice' by National Gallery of Art
Publications and Websites
Publications
(1) Plesters, J. ‘Tintoretto’s Paintings in the National Gallery: Part I‘. National Gallery Technical Bulletin Vol 3, 1979, pp 3–24.
(2) Plesters, J. ‘Tintoretto’s Paintings in the National Gallery: Part II‘. National Gallery Technical Bulletin Vol 4, 1980, pp 32–48.
(3) D. S. MacColl, Tintoretto’s Vincenzo Morosini: The Centenary Memorial Picture for the National Gallery, The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, Vol. 44, No. 255 (Jun., 1924), pp. 266-267+270-271.
