This painting is known since 1530 as the Tempesta because of the storm that thunders in the background. The meaning of the painting has been greatly debated. Some writers believe that the painting simply lacks a subject, others have sought explanations in ancient mythology and the Bible, or see the work as allegorical. Whatever the painting's intended subject, it is clearly a revolutionary work, one in which evocative colour, form, and light seem both to demand and to frustrate attempts at a literal reading.

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	Tempest c. 1505 Oil on canvas, 82 x 73 cm Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice	1033*1133 True Color 214 Kb
	Tempest c. 1505 Oil on canvas, 82 x 73 cm Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice	1049*1200 True Color 176 Kb
	Tempest (detail) c. 1505 Oil on canvas Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice	1172*1000 True Color 169 Kb
	Tempest (detail) c. 1505 Oil on canvas, 82 x 73 cm (height of detail: 22 cm) Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice	646*800 True Color 119 Kb
	Tempest (detail) c. 1505 Oil on canvas, 82 x 73 cm (height of detail: 22 cm) Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice	665*820 True Color 130 Kb
	Tempest (detail) c. 1505 Oil on canvas Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice	700*1226 True Color 113 Kb
	Tempest (detail) c. 1505 Oil on canvas, 82 x 73 cm (height of detail: 22 cm) Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice	682*820 True Color 163 Kb
	Tempest (detail) c. 1505 Oil on canvas Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice	900*1033 True Color 119 Kb
	Tempest (detail) c. 1505 Oil on canvas, 82 x 73 cm (height of detail: 22 cm) Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice	652*800 True Color 105 Kb