# The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [TINTORETTO, Jacopo]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 523 x 460 cm ## Commentary In this canvas Tintoretto uses the same scenic structure as in the Ascent to Calvary carried out for the Sala dell'Albergo in 1566: a foreground in shadow against which a background in full light is diagonally set. In the dense half-shadow against the hill, that rises towards the left, the light shows up and outlines all the figures arranged in wide, curved poses. The figures waiting for the miracle to be performed cover the hilly area against a blue sky streaked by the first rosy light of sunset. The figures of Christ and Andrew are the focal point of attention as they encourage the boy with the basket to begin the miraculous distribution of the loaves and fishes. This painting too, like some others in the room, is closely linked to the theme of the Eucharist. ## Related artworks - [A Philosopher \(detail\)]() - [A Philosopher]() - [Allegory of Faith]() - [Allegory of Fortune \(Felicità\)]() - [Allegory of Generosity]() - [Allegory of Goodness]() - [Allegory of Happiness]() - [Allegory of the Scuola della Carità]() - [Allegory of the Scuola della Misericordia]() - [Allegory of the Scuola di San Giovanni Evangelista]() - [Allegory of the Scuola di San Marco]() - [Allegory of the Scuola di San Teodoro]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()