Domenico Robusti, called Domenico Tintoretto

With Thos. Agnews & Sons, London, 1985 (as by Jacopo Tintoretto);
From whom acquired by C.G. Hoare, CMG, CBE;
Thence by descent.

London, Agnew's, Coronation Exhibition of thirty five Masterpieces of Venetian Painting, 1953, no. 34 (as by Jacopo Tintoretto);
Kings Lynn, Fermor Art Gallery, The Collection made by C.G. Hoare MC, and family, 1970, no. 5 (as by Jacopo Tintoretto).

P. Rossi, Per la grafica di Domenico Tintoretto. II, Arte Veneta, 1984, XXXVIII, p. 60, reproduced plate 6.

The canvas has been relined. The paint surface is secure if a little abraded in some areas and under a dirty varnish. The varnish impedes satisfactory inspection under UV light although some retouchings do fluoresce. Offered in a carved wood frame with some old inactive worm holes.
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Though long attributed to Jacopo Tintoretto, the attribution to his son, Domenico, was first proposed by Paola Rossi in 1984 (see Literature).