Saint Mark's Body Brought to Venice
Jacopo Tintoretto · c. 1564
The story
Saint Mark's Body Brought to Venice, The Abduction of the Body of Saint Mark or Translation of the Body of Saint Mark is a painting by Tintoretto depicting the translatio, or transfer of Saint Mark's relics from Alexandria to Venice. It was produced between 1562 and 1566 as part of a series of works on Saint Mark for the Sala Capitolare of the Scuola Grande di San Marco - the others are Miracle of the Slave, Saint Mark Saving a Saracen from Shipwreck and Finding of the Body of Saint Mark. It is now held in the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice.
- Artist
- Jacopo Tintoretto
- Date
- c. 1564
- Collection
- Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, Italy
- Movement
- Mannerism, Venetian school
- Medium
- oil paint, canvas
- Size
- 398 × 315 cm
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