In the early 1550s, Renaissance painter Jacopo Tintoretto (1518–1594) made a series of paintings for the Scuola della Trinità in Venice depicting scenes from the Book of Genesis. Now, after a year-long study and restoration project, three of these paintings— The Creation of the Animals, The Temptation of Adam, and Cain and Abel—will be shown together for the first time in the United States at the Cincinnati Art Museum (CAM) from April 18 to August 31, 2025.

Tintoretto’s Genesis is a research, conservation, exhibition and publication project undertaken by Gallerie dell’Accademia di Venezia (GAVe); Foundation for Italian Art and Culture, New York (FIAC); and CAM to restore and preserve these important works, while enhancing scholarly understanding and public awareness of their creator, the great Venetian Renaissance painter Tintoretto.