Marietta Robusti Paintings

Marietta Robusti was an Italian Renaissance painter, born in Venice in 1560. She was the daughter of the famous Venetian painter Jacopo Robusti, commonly known as Tintoretto, under whom she trained and developed her artistic skills. Despite the limitations imposed on women in the art world during her time, Marietta managed to gain recognition for her talent and became known for her portraits, a genre in which she particularly excelled.

Marietta, sometimes referred to as La Tintoretta, was highly regarded for her fine brushwork and her ability to capture the character and soul of her sitters. Although the exact number of her works that have survived is uncertain, and some have been wrongly attributed to her father due to their stylistic similarities, her portraits were praised by her contemporaries for their lifelike qualities and their delicate representation of detail.

Unfortunately, Marietta died young at the age of 30, in 1590. The cause of her death is not well-documented but it is believed she may have died from childbirth or illness. Her premature death cut short a promising career, and as a result, her contributions to the art world were largely overshadowed by the fame of her father. Despite this, she remains an important figure in the study of female artists of the Renaissance, and her work has been the subject of renewed interest and scholarship in recent years, as part of a larger effort to recognize and celebrate the contributions of women to the history of art.