Tintoretto's paintings for the banco del Sacramento in S. Margherita

• Autores: Thomas Fletcher Worthen
• Localización: Art bulletin, ISSN 0004-3079, Vol. 78, Nº 4, 1996, págs. 707-732
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Tintoretto's paintings (now in S. Stefano) for the Venetian parish church of S. Margherita were designed to go in an aisle above the banco (bench and desk) of a Confraternity of the Sacrament; so were his paintings in S. Marcuola, S. Simeon Grande, and S. Polo. This article examines two topics hitherto virtually ignored: the physical and conceptual considerations attending a painting made for a banco, and the problem of designing a large composition for a narrow aisle. The rule books (mariegole) of the confraternities have furnished essential information, including previously unpublished dates for two of the projects.