Jacopo Bassano

Called Jacopo da Ponte Bassano (* 1510 in Bassano del Grappa, † February 13, 1592 same place ) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance. He lived and worked in the Republic of Venice. Because of his birth and death place, which is located about 65 kilometers from Venice, his name Jacopo Bassano was assigned.

Life

His father, Francesco da Ponte (1475-1530) was born in Venice and was considered rather as a peasant painter. He had built to Giovanni Bellini as a model. Jacopo Bassano was formed in Venice to Bonifacio and Titian. He painted sacred objects primarily as commissioned works and initially similarly believes as his father, but in bright colors. The special red in his paintings based on admixtures of powdered ruby in the cinnabar used as a pigment. In contrast, other colors are faded over the centuries, so that, for example, his painting of The Last Supper was painted over by artists in the 19th century. Through restoration, the original colors were restored.

He likes to put animals and all sorts of equipment as well as people of ordinary people - sometimes barefoot - in his paintings, but he also painted animal and genre paintings. His portraits are excellent in Tintoretto Art Jacopo Bassano was one of the most influential Venetian painters of the 16th century.

His four sons, among whom Francesco (1551-1592) and Leandro (1558-1623) are known, cultivated together with him to paint the pictures. They put his style continued in the following century. Numerous works have been reproduced by them and also by later artists in factory -like fashion, so that often the original is no longer observed.

• Adoration of the Magi (c. 1563/1564 )
• The Way to Calvary (about 1545-1550 )
• Sheep with lamb ( about 1560 )