1555
oil
canvas
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
The Embarkation of St Helena to the Holy Land is a 1555 oil by Jacopo Tintoretto, a Mannerism work, depicting Helena Augusta, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a group of people near a body of water. A woman in a long, flowing robe is being helped into a boat by a man. He's holding a long pole and seems to be pushing the boat away from the shore. The woman is looking down, and her robe is a deep reddish-brown color. There are other people standing on the shore, watching. One of them is wearing a white robe. The scene is set against a backdrop of hills and trees in the distance. The sky above is light-colored, and the overall mood of the painting seems to be one of calmness and serenity. If you want to learn more about the technique used in this painting, you might want to look up "chiaroscuro".
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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