Marietta Robusti 1560 and died when she was thirty during child birth. She lived in Venice all her life. She was the eldest daughter of the painter Jacopo Robusti, from whom she inherited her nickname, la Tintoretta (translated as "little dyer girl", after Jacopo’s father’s occupation as a "tintore", or dyer). She is thus variously known as Marietta Robusti, Marietta Tintoretto, and la Tintoretta. She was followed by three brothers and four sisters. Since conventions of the time dictated that women remained in the privacy of the domestic sphere and were not welcome in the public world of art production and sale,
Jacopo Antonio Mannini Jacopo Antonio Mannini Jacopo Antonio Mannini or Giacomo Antonio Manini (Bologna, August 23, 1646 – February 10, 1752) was an Italian painter of the late Baroque period. He mainly painted quadratura. He trained first with Andrea Monticelli, then with Domenico Santi. Along with the figure painter, Sigismondo Caula, Mannini painted the ceiling frescoes (1702) of the church of San Barnaba in Modena. The work was restored in 1858. He also painted the ceiling of the Oratory of St Sebastian. He also painted, along with Marcantonio Chiarini, temporary decoration for festivities sponsored by the court of the Duke of Modena. His