On-line gallery
- Reference number
- P00366
- Author
- Tintoretto, Jacopo Robusti (Italian)
- Title
- A Venetian Admiral
- Chronology
- 1570-1575
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 82 cm x 67 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- Yes
- Entrance
- COLECCION REAL
- Procedence
- Royal Collection
A portrait of a Venetian soldier
wearing armor. He holds a baton in
his right hand and his weapons in
his left.
Turned, he extends his arm toward
the viewer, thus opening a third
dimension in this composition
strengthened by the force of his
gaze.
It has not been possible to confirm
the identity of the sitter, but we
must point out the similarity of
this work's general composition to
that of the portrait of Sebastano
Veniero at the Kunsthistorisches
Museum of Vienna.
Tintoretto made numerous portraits
of soldiers during the fifteen
seventies and many of them were to
commemorate the sitters'
participation in the Battle of
Lepanto (1571).
This work was given to Felipe IV
(1605-1665) by the Marquis of
Leganés.
Location on the map
