Dated to between 1562 and 1566, it is part of a cycle of paintings dedicated to saint mark, the patron saint of venice. This painting shows the moment when, as the venetians are busy removing corpses from tombs in their search for saint mark’s body, the saint appears to them and imperiously commands them to stop because his body has already been removed from the tomb at the end of the room and is lying at their feet. The finding of the body of st mark or rediscovery of the body of saint mark is a painting by tintoretto Dated to between 1562 and 1566, it is part of a cycle of paintings of saint mark, the patron saint of venice It is now held in the pinacoteca di brera in milan. The removal of the body of saint mark—a large painting at about thirteen feet high—depicts the dramatic seizure of saint mark’s body from a pagan funeral pyre shortly after his martyrdom in the 1st century c.e
Learn more about finding of the body of st mark by italian renaissance painter and draughtsman, jacopo tintoretto. The artwork titled “finding of the body of st mark,” created by the eminent artist tintoretto around the year 1562, is a magnificent oil painting on canvas, measuring 405.2 by 405.2 centimeters. This presumably only lasted a few days because the two didn’t get along Tintoretto managed to scrape by and carve a successful carer in his native city He completed the finding of the body of saint mark somewhen between 1562 and 1566, a time when he was already a renowned artist in venice. The cycle of large canvases, one of which is the pinacoteca’s finding of the body of saint mark, recounted not only the saint’s life but also miracles in which he is alleged to have had a hand.
To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Tintoretto's painting, finding of the body of saint mark (also known as discovery of the body of saint mark), created between 1562 and 1566, is a captivating piece from a series that depicts venice's acquisition of saint mark's remains.
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