Madonna and Child with Saints (Tintoretto)

Madonna and Child with Saints (c. 1545–1546) by Tintoretto

Madonna and Child with Saints is a c. 1545–1546 oil on canvas painting by Tintoretto, now in the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon.

The costume of the kneeling Catherine of Alexandria in the centre probably means the artist tried to paint the Doge Francesco Donato in the centre of the canvas to fit in with the terms of his commission, but replaced his face with that of the saint when that attempt failed. Between her and the Madonna is Augustine of Hippo, whilst behind Catherine are Mark the Evangelist (standing) and John the Baptist (seated with the Lamb of God).

Sources

http://www.mba-lyon.fr/mba/sections/fr/collections-musee/peintures/oeuvres-peintures/renaissance/tintoret_vierge_enfa

Tintoretto
Paintings	The Siege of Asola (1544–1545) Madonna and Child with Saints (1545–1546) Esther Before Ahasuerus (1546–1547) Christ Washing the Disciples' Feet (c. 1548) Visitation (Bologna) (c. 1550) Cain and Abel (c. 1550) Adam and Eve (c. 1550) Portrait of Procurator Jacopo Soranzo (c. 1550) Assumption of the Virgin (c. 1555) Joseph and Potiphar's Wife (c. 1555) Presentation of the Virgin (c. 1551–1556) Leda and the Swan (c. 1550–1560) Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan (1551–1554) Presentation at the Temple (1554–1556) Saint Mark series (1548 or 1562–1566) Miracle of the Slave Finding of the Body of Saint Mark Saint Mark's Body Brought to Venice Susanna and the Elders (1555–1556) Portrait of Queen Christina of Denmark (1555–1556) Saint George and the Dragon (1555 or 1558) The Deliverance of Arsinoe (c. 1560) Portrait of Alvise Cornaro (c. 1560–1565) Crucifixion (1565) Finding of the Body of Saint Mark (1562–1566) Saint Mark's Body Brought to Venice (1562–1566) Portrait of Doge Pietro Loredan (c. 1567–1570) Danaë (c. 1570) Christ at the Sea of Galilee (1570s) The Origin of the Milky Way (1575–1580) Bacchus, Venus and Ariadne (1576–1577) The Muses (1578) Baptism of Christ (c. 1580) The Vision of Saint Nicholas (c. 1582) Il Paradiso (1588) Self Portrait (1588) Visitation (Venice) (c. 1588) Last Supper (1592–1594)
Painting series	Fasti of the Gonzagas (1578–1580)
Related	Domenico Tintoretto (son) Marietta Robusti (daughter) Scuola Grande di San Rocco Judith and Holofernes (studio of Tintoretto) (c. 1577) (formerly attributed)

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