Jacopo Bassano
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Jacopo Bassano (also known as Jacopo da Ponte, c. 1515 - 13 February 1592) was an Italian painter who was born and died in Bassano del Grappa near Venice, from which he adopted the name.
His father Francesco Bassano the Elder was a "peasant artist" and Jacopo adopted some of his style as he created religious paintings with novel features including animals, farmhouses, and landscapes. He trained initially with his father, Francesco da Ponte the Elder, then in the studio of Bonifacio Veneziano. His mature style, however, followed the example of Titian. Having worked in Venice and other Italian towns, he established a workshop in Bassano with his four sons: Francesco the Younger (1549–1592), Girolamo (1566–1621), Giovanni Battista (1553–1613), and Leandro (1557–1622). They shared his style, and some works are difficult to attribute precisely.
While he learnt from other artists of the time, his relationships with them varied, notably when he portrayed Titian as a moneychanger in Purification of the Temple. Other particularly notable works include Jacob’s Return to Canaan, Dives and Lazarus, Acteon and the Nymphs, The Last Supper and Annunciation to the Shepherds.
He died in Bassano.
[edit] External links
- Jacopo Bassano in the Web Gallery of Art
- Jacopo Bassano in the WebMuseum
- Jacopo Bassano in the "A World History of Art"
- Bryan, Michael (1889). in Walter Armstrong & Robert Edmund Graves: Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume II L-Z). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons, pages 308.
[edit] Gallery
 Last Supper |
 Altarpiece, 1545-50, originally for church at Tomo, canvas, Pinakothek, Munich |
 Madonna & Child with St John the Baptist, 1570, oil on canvas, Uffizi, Florence |
 Annunciation to Shepherds, 1533, oil on canvas, Belvoir Castle at Leicestershire, England |
 Procession to Calvary, 1540, oil on canvas, National Gallery, London |
 Purification of Temple, National Gallery |
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