St. Helen, St. Barbara, St. Andrew, St. Macarius, another Saint and a Worshipper Adore the Cross

Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti)

Download hi-res image TITLE St. Helen, St. Barbara, St. Andrew, St. Macarius, another Saint and a Worshipper Adore the Cross
AUTHOR Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti)
DATE c. 1560
OBJECT TYPE AND MATERIAL Oil on canvas
DIMENSIONS cm 275 x 165
INVENTORY 149
ROOM IX
Work on display

This altarpiece, which once graced the now destroyed church of Santa Croce, was one of the first works to enter Brera. We do not know why Milan ended up hosting a work by a Venetian painter whose links with the Lombard capital were tenuous at best, or indeed who the patron depicted on the right of the altarpiece was. The rather conventional composition is noteworthy chiefly for the meticulous, human portrayal of the patron and of his anonymous patron saint.