Why it matters
Saint Mark's body is carried off from Alexandria under a strange red sky riven by a thunderbolt, as onlookers flee across a deep, narrow square. Tintoretto painted himself as the bearded man beside the camel.
Did you know?
- It was painted between 1562 and 1566.
- It belongs to a series for the Scuola Grande di San Marco, including Miracle of the Slave.
- Mark's body was smuggled to Venice eight centuries after his death.
Based on the Wikipedia article Saint Mark's Body Brought to Venice (CC BY-SA 4.0).
