Local master artist Tintoretto ( 1518 1594 ) won a competition to create for the hall some 50 paintings ( the largest collection of his work anywhere ) over a period of 23 years , a series comparable in grandeur to Giotto 's frescoes in Padua 's Scrovegni Chapel or Florence 's Brancacci chapel by Masaccio .
The competition to decorate the hall was won by Franseco , narrowly beating Tintoretto .