Art, literature & historyJacopo Bassano
1510–1592
Selected artwork
The Baptism of Christ
ca. 1590
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Other names (170)
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Biography
Jacopo Bassano (born Jacopo dal Ponte; c. 1510 – 14 February 1592) was an Italian Renaissance painter of the Venetian school. He was born and died in Bassano del Grappa, and took the small town as his surname. Having trained in the workshop of his father, Francesco the Elder, he spent much of the 1530s painting in Venice, before returning after 1539 to Bassano, where he remained, continuing the family workshop, which eventually included four of his sons. He painted mostly religious paintings, landscapes, and genre scenes. Indeed, he often treated biblical subjects 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.
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Influenced by
- Albrecht Dürereditorial inference
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Explicit secondary-source assertion; independent historical verification remains pending.
- Parmigianinoeditorial inference
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- Raphaeleditorial inference
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- Titianeditorial inference
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- Tintorettoeditorial inference
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Later influence
- Pietro Faccinieditorial inference
Evidence
The biography identifies Jacopo Bassano as an artistic influence on Pietro Faccini. The biography distinguishes Faccini's stylistic sources and Parmigianino's exaggerated forms. Explicit secondary-source assertion; independent historical verification remains pending.
Artworks by year
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Museums & collections
Documented holdings of works attributed to Jacopo Bassano. Check the museum’s record for current display information.
- Museo Nacional del Prado5 recorded works
- Art Institute of Chicago3 recorded works
- National Gallery of Art3 recorded works
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art3 recorded works
- Finnish National Gallery2 recorded works
- Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts — Nîmes1 recorded work
- musée des Beaux-Arts — Strasbourg1 recorded work
- Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK)1 recorded work
- The Cleveland Museum of Art1 recorded work
Sources 10
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Austrian museum collections: independent authority research
- National Gallery of Art
- Museum authority country review
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Museum authority country review
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Expanded artwork research — official museum evidence
- Austrian museum collections: independent authority research
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)