Why it matters
The elderly procurator Jacopo Soranzo sits in a formal pose, but his face is lively, lit by a beam of light from the right that catches his white hair and beard.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1550.
- It was originally a larger lunette; Tintoretto and his son Domenico later reworked it.
- Soranzo was appointed procurator in 1522, as the inscription records.
Based on the Wikipedia article Portrait of Procurator Jacopo Soranzo (CC BY-SA 4.0).
