3086887 Aretino in the Studio of Tintoretto, 1848 (oil on canvas) by Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867); Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: 16th century Venetian artist Tintoretto feigns violence to literary critic Pietro Aretino whom he has asked to sit for him, as documented by Carlo Ridolfi in his Life of Tintoretto (1642). Aretino in the pose of the martyr St. Francis receiving the stigmata, momentarily fears danger before recognizing Tintoretto??? playful revenge for his criticism. ); French, out of copyright.