Doge Alvise Mocenigo and family before the Madonna and Child

Tintoretto, Jacopo (1519-1594)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
probably 1573
Height:
216.1 cm  (85 1/16 in.)
Width:
416.5 cm  (164 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas
Place of creation:
Venezia (Italia)

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)
    Samuel H. Kress Collection[Museum inv. no.: 1961.9.44]

Description

Two angels, one playing the lute and the other playing violin.

People as subjects

Mocenigo, Alvise (1507-1577) (Non-musician/dancer)
Marcello, Loredana (died 1572) (Non-musician/dancer)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394]
Violin [3573]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Cooper, Tracy. "The Trials of David: Triumph and Crisis in the Imagery of Doge Alvise I Mocenigo", Records of Activities and Research Reports 18 (June 1997-1998), Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 64-68.

RIdIM record id

134