Jacopo Robusti, best known as Tintoretto, was an Italian Renaissance painter of the Venetian school. His contemporaries both admired and criticised the speed with which he painted and the unprecedented boldness of his brushwork. For his phenomenal energy in painting he was termed il Furioso. His work is characterised by muscular figures, dramatic gestures and bold use of perspective, in the Mannerist style. October 9, 1518 – May 31, 1594; died at 75. Alive at the same time as William Shakespeare, Martin Luther, Nicolaus Copernicus, Francis Bacon, and Elizabeth I of England. Wiki link