Who painted “The Origin of the Milky Way”?

“The Origin of the Milky Way” was painted by Jacopo Tintoretto in 1575. Where to see it: National Gallery.

What to look for

Jacopo Tintoretto: dramatic diagonals, dark spaces cut by flashes of light, steep perspective and figures in violent motion.

Jacopo Robusti (late September or early October 1518 – 31 May 1594), 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. Wikipedia

Test yourself: a round on Jacopo Tintoretto

More by Jacopo Tintoretto

“Last Supper”, 1563
“Crucifixion”, 1565
“Venus and Mars Surprised by Vulcan”, 1555
“Susanna and the Elders”, 1555
“Miracle of the Slave”, 1547
“Paradise”, 1588
“Danae”, 1570
“The Muses”, 1578