The Origin of the Milky Way is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Jacopo Tintoretto, in the National Gallery, London, formerly in the Orleans Collection. The painting is considered one of Tintoretto’s most successful paintings in the Venetian style. It is an oil painting on canvas, and dates from ca. 1575–1580. Jacopo Tintoretto, 1575 — painted at 56. Canvas and oil paint. 149.4 × 168 cm. In the Orleans Collection. Venetian school and Mannerism. Wiki link