# Allegory of Faith [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [TINTORETTO, Jacopo]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 90 x 190 cm ## Commentary Allegory of Faith c. 1564 Oil on canvas, 90 x 190 cm Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice The sixteen allegorical figures around the central painting on the ceiling of the Sala dell'Albergo are portrayed in forced and artificial poses and attitudes of truly Mannerist origin. They were particularly studied by Tintoretto in preliminary drawings. In these allegories, the perspective-illusionistic effect presents the figures in formal solutions of flowing complexity. The bent knee pose of Faith, easily recognizable by the chalice held in her left hand, greatly recalls Patience by Giorgio Vasari, already part of a ceiling in Palazzo Corner-Spinelli in Venice. ## Related artworks - [A Philosopher \(detail\)]() - [A Philosopher]() - [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]() - [Allegory of Truth]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()