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St Mark's Body Brought to Venice
St Mark's Body Brought to Venice, The Abduction of the Body of Saint Mark or Translation of the Body of Saint Mark is a painting by Tintoretto. It was produced between 1562 and 1566 as part of a series of works on Saint Mark for the Sala Capitolare of the Scuola Grande di San Marco - the others were "Miracle of the Slave", "St. Mark Saves a Sarracean" and "Finding of the body of St Mark". It is now held in
on a cost only basis in order to make himself better known. He settled down in a house hard by the church. It is a Gothic building, looking over the Fondamenta de Mori, which is still standing. In 1548 he was commissioned for four pictures for the Scuola di S. Marco: the "Finding of the body of St Mark", the "St Mark's Body Brought to Venice", a "St Mark Rescuing a Saracen from Shipwreck" and the "Miracle of the Slave". (these