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Who praised Tintoretto after seeing San Marco Freeing the Slave?
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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.
After Tintoretto completed his painting San Marco Freeing the Slave (also known as the Miracle of the Slave), the poet Pietro Aretino sent him a letter filled with praise. While the letter was intended to acknowledge the 30-year-old painter's fame, it also served to temper his youthful exuberance.1