Phillipps, Evelyn March; Tintoretto: Tintoretto: with 61 plates (London: Methuen & Co., 1911)

trated here; that had already been done in the church where his
relics were preserved, but by now exalting him to the chief place,
the keynote is given, and we have the assurance that the whole
composition is to be taken as bearing on his career. The saint
ascends to heaven, followed by the prayers and adoration of a
troop of poor and sick persons. Professor Thode believes this to
have been painted in 1588, after the lower hall was finished. It
would therefore have been the last thing added, and may have
been a special gift of the Cardinal whose portrait it contains. It
is very dark, and has been much over-painted.

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