{"id":17655,"date":"2026-02-24T14:02:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T13:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/?post_type=magazine&#038;p=17655"},"modified":"2026-02-24T14:02:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T13:02:58","slug":"tintoretto-exhibition-venice-gallerie-accademia","status":"publish","type":"magazine","link":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/magazine\/tintoretto-exhibition-venice-gallerie-accademia\/","title":{"rendered":"An exhibition in Venice reveals the secrets of Tintoretto\u2019s painting technique"},"content":{"rendered":"An exceptional opportunity is being offered to the public by the Gallerie dell\u2019Accademia in Venice, host of the exhibition <em>Tintoretto racconta la Genesi. Ricerca, analisi e restauro <\/em>\u2012 curated by Roberta Battaglia and Cristiana Sburlino with exhibition design and technical coordination by Maria Antonietta De Vivo \u2012 open until 7 June 2026.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe spotlight is on the works Tintoretto dedicated to the <em>Stories of Genesis<\/em>, reunited more than two centuries after the cycle was dismantled. Shown together for the first time since their dispersal are the three canvases now in the collection of the Gallerie dell\u2019Accademia \u2012 <em>La creazione degli animali, Il peccato originale, Caino uccide Abele <\/em>\u2012 alongside<em> Adamo ed Eva di fronte all\u2019Eterno<\/em>, exceptionally granted on loan by the Gallerie degli Uffizi in Florence.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe event follows a meticulous restoration campaign carried out between February 2024 and January 2025 by conservator Claudia Vittori, in preparation for the exhibition <em>Tintoretto\u2019s Genesis<\/em>, held at the Cincinnati Art Museum from 18 April to 1 September 2025. The research and conservation project, led by the Gallerie dell\u2019Accademia and jointly supported by the Foundation for Italian Art &amp; Culture and the Cincinnati Art Museum, has shed significant new light on Tintoretto\u2019s working methods, as well as on the original display intentions of both the patrons and the artist himself.<br \/>\r\n<h2>THE TINTORETTO&#8217;S EXHIBITION IN VENICE<\/h2><br \/>\r\n\u201cThe restoration offered [\u2026] an important opportunity for in-depth study and analysis of the works\u2019 specific qualities \u2012 their formal and compositional characteristics, painting technique, materials, and the conservation history of the entire cycle,\u201d explain curators Roberta Battaglia and Cristiana Sburlino. \u201cThe investigations also revealed a marked coherence in technique and execution across the three paintings, from the supports to the pictorial layers.\u201d<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nOriginally commissioned for the Scuola della Santissima Trinit\u00e0 in Venice\u2019s Dorsoduro district, the cycle dates to the early 1550s \u2012 a moment of early maturity for Tintoretto, when he had assimilated and reinterpreted the lessons of Michelangelo and Tiziano. The project comprised five paintings inspired by episodes from the <em>Book of Genesis<\/em>. In addition to the canvases now preserved at the Gallerie dell\u2019Accademia, two further paintings have survived to this day, though in a condition compromised by repeated relocations following the Scuola\u2019s numerous changes of location: <em>Adamo ed Eva di fronte all\u2019Eterno<\/em>, held at the Gallerie degli Uffizi, and<em> La creazione di Eva<\/em>, now in a private German collection and not included in the exhibition.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe technical study conducted during the restoration by the conservation, curatorial, and scientific research departments of the Gallerie dell\u2019Accademia has brought to light the materials and processes employed by Tintoretto in the execution of each painting. By combining advanced imaging technologies with specialized expertise, the team was able to probe the deepest layers of the canvases, retracing the successive steps that led to their completion \u2012 from the application of the ground layer and the transfer of preliminary ideas through charcoal and\/or brush drawing, to subsequent revisions introduced through drawing even during the application of paint.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nFreed from layers of grime and yellowed varnish, Tintoretto\u2019s works have regained their full chromatic clarity and visual force. They now stand at the heart of an exhibition that charts the artist\u2019s painterly procedures in light of the findings emerging from the diagnostic campaign and the recent conservation treatment.","protected":false},"featured_media":17645,"template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categorie_magazine":[343],"class_list":["post-17655","magazine","type-magazine","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categorie_magazine-words-from-marte"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>An exhibition in Venice reveals the secrets of Tintoretto\u2019s painting technique - Marsilio Arte<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The canvases depicting the Stories of Genesis painted by Tintoretto are reunited in the Gallerie dell\u2019Accademia in Venice\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/magazine\/tintoretto-exhibition-venice-gallerie-accademia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"An exhibition in Venice reveals the secrets of Tintoretto\u2019s painting technique\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The canvases depicting the Stories of Genesis painted by Tintoretto are reunited in the Gallerie dell\u2019Accademia in Venice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/magazine\/tintoretto-exhibition-venice-gallerie-accademia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Marsilio Arte\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MarsilioArte\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MatteoPanciera_01-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@MarsilioArte\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/magazine\/tintoretto-exhibition-venice-gallerie-accademia\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/magazine\/tintoretto-exhibition-venice-gallerie-accademia\/\",\"name\":\"An exhibition in Venice reveals the secrets of Tintoretto\u2019s painting technique - Marsilio Arte\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/magazine\/tintoretto-exhibition-venice-gallerie-accademia\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/magazine\/tintoretto-exhibition-venice-gallerie-accademia\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MatteoPanciera_01-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-24T13:02:58+00:00\",\"description\":\"The canvases depicting the Stories of Genesis painted by Tintoretto are reunited in the Gallerie dell\u2019Accademia in Venice\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/magazine\/tintoretto-exhibition-venice-gallerie-accademia\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/magazine\/tintoretto-exhibition-venice-gallerie-accademia\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/magazine\/tintoretto-exhibition-venice-gallerie-accademia\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MatteoPanciera_01-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MatteoPanciera_01-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1600,\"caption\":\"Tintoretto racconta la Genesi. 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