- Jacopo Bassano
Jacopo Bassano (also known as Jacopo da Ponte, c.
1515 -13 February 1592 ) was an Italian painter who was born and died inBassano del Grappa nearVenice , 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 ofBonifacio Veneziano . His mature style, however, followed the example ofTitian . 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.
Gallery
External links
* [http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/b/bassano/jacopo/ Jacopo Bassano in the Web Gallery of Art]
* [http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/bassano/ Jacopo Bassano in the WebMuseum]
* [http://www.all-art.org/early_renaissance/bassano1.html Jacopo Bassano in the "A World History of Art"]
*cite book| first=Michael| last=Bryan| year=1889| title="Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical" (Volume II L-Z)| editor = Walter Armstrong & Robert Edmund Graves| pages= pages 308| publisher=George Bell and Sons|location=York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007 |id= |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=K2cCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Michael+Bryan+Painters+Engravers#PPP7,M1| authorlink=
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