1566
oil
canvas
From the collection of Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
The body of saint Mark is taken away by the christians is a 1566 oil by Jacopo Tintoretto, a Mannerism work, held at Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.
This painting shows a dramatic scene of people carrying a body through a courtyard. The body is wrapped in cloth, and the people are dressed in robes. In the background, there are columns and a building with a dome. The sky is dark and stormy. The people in the painting seem to be in a hurry, and some of them are looking back over their shoulders. The body is being carried by several people, and it's not clear who it is or why they're moving it. The painting is done in a style that uses strong contrasts of light and dark, which adds to the sense of drama and urgency. You might also want to look into the artist Jacopo Tintoretto.
Jacopo Robusti (late September or early October 1518 – 31 May 1594), best known as Tintoretto ( TIN-tə-RET-oh; Italian: ; Venetian: ), was an Italian Renaissance painter of the Venetian school.
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