Jacopo Robusti was born in Venice in 1519, nicknamed Tintoretto due to the his Baptist father’s profession.
One of the paintings that greatly contributed to his fame was that executed in the middle of the century for the Scuola Grande di San Marco. The first painting of the cycle was The Miracle of the Slave, now kept at the Accademia Gallery and which is particularly revolutionary due to its great drama combined with the dynamic tensions typical of central Italy. The other miracles of the patron Saint of Venice were painted by Jacopo in the sixties of the century, and within them
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