Why it matters
Saint Mark swoops down from the sky to save a slave from torture, shattering the instruments and stunning the crowd. The painting has been described as Tintoretto's public consecration in Venice.
Did you know?
- It was completed in 1548.
- It was made for the Scuola Grande di San Marco.
- The French seized it in 1797; it returned to Venice in 1815.
Based on the Wikipedia article Miracle of the Slave (Tintoretto) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
