Timeless Tintoretto at the Jacquemart-André Museum

Where the Paintings Come From

The lenders reveal the ambition: the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice, the Palazzo Chiericati in Vicenza, the Galleria Sabauda in Turin, the Louvre, the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, and the Uffizi in Florence. Three curators brought the collection together: Giovanni Carlo Federico Villa from Turin, Neville Rowley from Berlin, and Pierre Curie, the museum’s curator. Tintoretto travels little because his largest works are fixed to the walls of Venice; what comes here is what can come.

The Seven Works I’d Look at First

The Miracle of the Slave (1548), the painting that made his reputation in Venice, with that body falling from the sky amid the crowd. The Miracle of Saint Augustine (1547–1549), in the same vein. The Trinity (c. 1561–1562). The Creation of the Animals (1550–1553), where God glides above the waters and the fish follow him. The Adoration of the Shepherds (c. 1555–1560). Susanna and the Elders (c. 1555–1556), the light on skin and the hedge. And the Self-Portrait (c. 1588), an old man gazing out, to be compared with the portrait of Édouard painted by Nélie in 1872.

What the Exhibition Tells Us

Three themes: large religious decorations, dramatic staging with its foreshortening, diagonals, and theatrical lighting, and Tintoretto’s influence on 19th-century French painting. The last point resonates most in this house: Édouard André collected Delacroix as early as 1860, and Delacroix looked to Venice. I detail the couple and their collection on the history of the Hôtel André.

How It Works

You choose a 15-minute time slot online or at the ticket desk. This sets your entry time into the exhibition rooms, not the length of your visit. The museum’s app offers around twenty audio commentaries in French and English; a physical audioguide is also available on-site. Children aged 7 to 12 receive a free activity booklet. Flash photography is prohibited, as in the rest of the house. Booking isn’t mandatory, but on Saturday afternoons, it helps avoid waiting for a late slot—I explain this on whether to book.

After Tintoretto, the salons at night

The opera evening does not include the exhibition but showcases the ground-floor salons without visitors. The dates are listed below.

Reminder: the above evening event is booked via GetYourGuide, but the museum entry ticket is purchased at the museum ticket office or at the desk at 158.

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