TINTORETTO
(b. 1518, Venezia, d. 1594, Venezia)

The Passover

1577-78
Oil on canvas, 265 x 370 cm
Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice

Past re-painting of this oval was removed by recent restoration. Its subject, like those of many others in the Sala Superiore, alludes to the Eucharist.