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Tintoretto
Last Supper, oil painting by Tintoretto, 1594; in the church of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice. 3.5 Ć 5.6 metres.
Tintorettoās father was a silk dyer, or tintore in Italian. The painterās nickname, "Tintoretto," literally translates to "little dyer," a reference to his fatherās profession.1