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
	Tempest c. 1505 Oil on canvas, 82 x 73 cm Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice
	Tempest (detail) c. 1505 Oil on canvas Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice
	Tempest (detail) c. 1505 Oil on canvas, 82 x 73 cm (height of detail: 22 cm) Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice
	Tempest (detail) c. 1505 Oil on canvas, 82 x 73 cm (height of detail: 22 cm) Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice
	Tempest (detail) c. 1505 Oil on canvas Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice
	Tempest (detail) c. 1505 Oil on canvas, 82 x 73 cm (height of detail: 22 cm) Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice
	Tempest (detail) c. 1505 Oil on canvas Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice
	Tempest (detail) c. 1505 Oil on canvas, 82 x 73 cm (height of detail: 22 cm) Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice