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Tintoretto (born Jacopo Robusti 28 September 1518 – 31 May 1594) was an Italian painter identified with the Venetian school. His contemporaries both admired and criticized the speed with which he painted, and the unprecedented boldness of his brushwork. For his phenomenal energy in painting, he was termed Il Furioso ("The Furious"). His work is characterized by his muscular figures, dramatic gestures and bold use of perspective, in the Mannerist style. There are reflections of Tintoretto to be found in the Greek painter of the Spanish Renaissance El Greco, who likely saw his works during a stay in Venice, and studied them well enough that they influenced his painting style. In 2019, honoring the anniversary of the birth of Tintoretto, the National Gallery of Art, Washington, in cooperation with the Gallerie dell'Accademia organized a travelling exhibit, the first in the United States. The exhibition featured nearly 50 paintings and more than a dozen works on paper spanning the artist's entire career and ranging from regal portraits of Venetian aristocracy to religious and mythological narrative scenes. 
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Tintoretto is commemorated on the 500th anniversary of his birth with a miniature sheet depicting Tintoretto's painting, "Mary with the Child, venerated by St. Mark and St. Luke." The miniature sheet contains a €2,60 stamp. Depicted are Mary with Child and the evangelists Mark and Luke. 
Canaletto (born Giovanni Antonio Canal 18 October 1697 – 19 April 1768), commonly known as Canaletto was an Italian painter from the Republic of Venice, considered an important member of the 18th-century Venetian school. A painter of city views of Venice, Rome, and London, he also painted imaginary views (referred to as capricci), although the demarcation in his works between the real and the imaginary is never quite clearcut. He was further an important printmaker using the etching technique. In the period from 1746 to 1756 he worked in England where he painted many views of London and other sites including Warwick Castle and Alnwick Castle. He was highly successful in England, thanks to the British merchant and connoisseur Joseph "Consul" Smith, whose large collection of Canaletto's works was sold to King George III in 1762. Canaletto's views always fetched high prices, and as early as the 18th century Catherine the Great and other European monarchs vied for his grandest paintings. The record price paid at auction for a Canaletto is €18.6 million for View of the Grand Canal from Palazzo Balbi to the Rialto, set at Sotheby's in London in July 2005. 
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Canaletto is commemorated on the 250th anniversary of his death by a single €1,10 stamp. The stamp depicts Canaletto's painting of the Basilica di Santa Maria Della Salute (Santa Maria of Good Health). It was constructed in Baroque style as a votive offering during a 1630 plague and located on Venice's Grand Canal and visible from Piazza San Marco. It is printed in sheets of ten stamps.

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