Tintoretto (1519-1594) was an artist of immense output and dramatic style who emerged from the Venetian School of painting.
He was one of the best known Venetian painters next to Titian (1485-1576), having very briefly trained under the master.
Tintoretto had high ambitions, and adorned an inscription in his studio that said, "Michelangelo’s design and Titian’s Color".
In this he sought to produce the brilliant compositional methods of Michelangelo, while using the bold coloring of Titian; a goal of the highest order for Renaissance painting.