The Finding of the Body of Saint Mark

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painting religious painting

The Finding of the Body of Saint Mark is a dramatic 16th-century religious painting by Venetian master Tintoretto, renowned for its dynamic composition, intense chiaroscuro, and depiction of the discovery of Saint Mark’s relics.

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Surface form	Occurrences
The Transport of the Body of Saint Mark	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	painting ⓘ religious painting ⓘ
artForm	oil on canvas ⓘ
artist	Tintoretto NERFINISHED ⓘ
artisticSchool	Venetian school NERFINISHED ⓘ
collection	Gallerie dell’Accademia collection NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Republic of Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ
creator	Tintoretto NERFINISHED ⓘ
creatorAlsoKnownAs	Jacopo Tintoretto NERFINISHED ⓘ
creatorBirthName	Jacopo Robusti NERFINISHED ⓘ
creatorNationality	Italian ⓘ
culture	Venetian ⓘ
depicts	Saint Mark NERFINISHED ⓘ finding of the relics of Saint Mark ⓘ
depictsEvent	translation of Saint Mark’s relics ⓘ
depictsSaint	Mark the Evangelist NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	religious art ⓘ
hasPart	architectural setting ⓘ dramatic sky ⓘ figures of onlookers ⓘ
hasStyle	dramatic perspective ⓘ strong contrasts of light and shadow ⓘ
inception	16th century ⓘ c. 1562–1566 ⓘ
inspiredBy	legend of the body of Saint Mark in Alexandria ⓘ
languageOfTitle	Italian ⓘ
locatedIn	Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInCountry	Italy ⓘ
location	Gallerie dell’Accademia NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSubject	discovery of Saint Mark’s body ⓘ
materialUsed	oil paint ⓘ
movement	Mannerism NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	dramatic lighting ⓘ dramatic religious narrative ⓘ dynamic composition ⓘ intense chiaroscuro ⓘ
originalTitle	Il ritrovamento del corpo di San Marco NERFINISHED ⓘ
period	Late Renaissance ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
setIn	Alexandria (traditional setting of the legend) NERFINISHED ⓘ
surface	canvas ⓘ
theme	miraculous discovery ⓘ veneration of relics ⓘ
useOfTechnique	chiaroscuro ⓘ

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