Jacopo Dal Ponte (1510 - 1592)
Jacopo Dal Ponte
Jacopo Bassano, 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. 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. 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.
| Date and place of birt: | 1510, Bassano del Grappa, Italy |
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| Date and place of death: | 14 february 1592, Bassano del Grappa, Italy |
| Nationality: | Italy |
| Period of activity: | XVI century |
| Specialization: | Artist, Landscape painter, Painter, Portraitist |
| Art school / group: | Venetian school |
| Genre: | Genre art, Landscape painting, Portrait, Religious genre, Self-portrait |
| Art style: | Baroque, Mannerism, Renaissance |
