Jacopo Bassano

Jacopo Bassano
Self-portrait in later age
Born
Jacopo dal Ponte

c. 1510
Died14 February 1592 (aged 81–82)
NationalityItalian
EducationBonifazio Veronese[1]
Known forPainting
Notable workThe Supper at Emmaus (1538)
Flight into Egypt (1544)
Christ in the House of Mary and Martha
Baptism of Christ (1590)[2]
MovementVenetian School

Jacopo Bassano (c. 1510 – 14 February 1592), known also as Jacopo dal Ponte, was an Italian painter who was born and died in Bassano del Grappa near Venice, and took the village as his surname. Trained in the workshop of his father, Francesco the Elder, and studying under Bonifazio Veronese in Venice, he painted mostly religious paintings including landscape and genre scenes.[3] He often treated biblical themes in the manner of rural genre scenes, portraying people who look like local peasants and depicting animals with real interest.[4] Bassano's pictures were very popular in Venice because of their depiction of animals and nocturnal scenes. His four sons: Francesco Bassano the Younger, Giovanni Battista da Ponte, Leandro Bassano, and Girolamo da Ponte, also became artists and followed him closely in style and subject matter.[1]

  1. ^ a b Berenson, Bernard (1894). The Venetian Painters of the Renaissance with an Index to their Works. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  2. ^ Christiansen, Keith. "Jacopo dal Ponte, called Bassano (ca. 1510–1592)". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  3. ^ Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Dokumentatie. "Bassano, Jacopo". Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Dokumentatie. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  4. ^ Norwich, John Julius (1985–1993). Oxford illustrated encyclopedia. Judge, Harry George; Toyne, Anthony. Oxford [England]: Oxford University Press. p. 37. ISBN 0-19-869129-7. OCLC 11814265.

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