Jacopo Bassano
Jacopo Bassano | |
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Self-portrait in later age | |
| Born | Jacopo dal Ponte c. 1510 |
| Died | 14 February 1592 (aged 81–82) |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Education | Bonifazio Veronese |
| Known for | Painting |
| Notable work | The Supper at Emmaus (1538) Flight into Egypt (1544) Christ in the House of Mary and Martha Baptism of Christ (1590) |
| Movement | Venetian 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. Having trained in the workshop of his father, Francesco the Elder, he painted mostly religious paintings, landscapes, and genre scenes. Indeed, he often treated biblical themes in the manner of rural genre scenes, representing peasants, animals, and the agrarian landscape with great accuity. Bassano's pictures were very popular in Venice and, eventually, throughout Europe. 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.