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Painting from the workshop of Francesco Bassano Nativity second half of the 500's
1500s

$18,386.51

£13,848.70

€15,600

CA$25,355.79

A$28,486.09

CHF 14,884.03

MX$347,686.11

NOK 188,983.69

SEK 177,888.33

DKK 118,741.27

About the Item

Oil on Canvas. Second half of the 16th century. The painting comes from the historical family collection of Count Castracane, as is documented by the original handwritten paper receipt of Francesco Bassano (attached to the 'work) The back of the frame also has an inventory cartouche at the top and the inscription "Castracane property" at the bottom. The aforementioned Count Castracane belongs to the noble Castracani degli Altelminelli family of Fano, originally from Lucca. Francesco Dal Ponte da Bassano, known as Il Giovane, worked for many years in the important workshop of his father Jacopo, known as Bassano il Vecchio, and then moved to Venice in 1578 where he set up his own atelier, though he continued to collaborate with Bassano's workshop, which had meanwhile been run by his brother Leandro after his father's death; towards the end of the 1580s, however, a crisis manifested itself in Francesco that was also reflected in his allegorical production: in a gradual rapprochement to the taste of his brother Leandro, the color lightened losing its strength, the forms expanded and simplified, and the composition became fragmentary. The production of the Bassanesque family was most notable for sacred subjects, set, however, in rural settings, leading to call them biblical-pastoral. In this painting, too, the Holy Family does not characterize the centrality of the scene, but is one of the two groups of very human figures occupying the right side of the scene, while on the left stands the group of shepherds with the animals of the countryside and the simple objects of daily life. The rural context is also well defined by the surrounding objects, although the birth hut is replaced by an architectural structure with marble columns, but of a color that blends in with the other surrounding structures. The only spiritual elements are the angel-lonely!-appearing to the shepherds for the announcement, relegated high up, small and barely noticeable; and the 'halo surrounding the head of the Baby Jesus, moreover depicted placidly asleep, unaware of what is going on around him and what awaits him. Characteristic in the production of his father's Bassano workshop were the richness and vividness of color and luminous contrasts, which, however, became muted in Francesco, translating into more muted color choices and simplified forms, losing some of their strength. This is also evident in this 'work, placed in the last years of the artist' s life, especially in the clothing of the characters; note in particular how Mary's robe is no longer red as per tradition, a color strongly symbolic of sorrow human, but it is the same rosy hue as the central pastor's tunic, as if to emphasize Our Lady's belonging to humble and simple humanity. Moreover, Francesco Bassano in his last period, due to his state of health compromised by severe hypochondria (he died by suicide in 1592), had commissions for works that were only partly executed by him, but delegated, at least partially, to his assistants. This depicts a 'work commissioned from him and from his workshop, as his autograph statement declares, but probably not made directly by the master, but rather by one of his collaborators. The painting appears to have been restored and re-tinted. It is presented in a late 18th- to early 19th-century antique wooden frame.

Creation Year:
1500s
Dimensions:
Height: 35.83 in (91 cm)Width: 43.31 in (110 cm)Depth: 0.79 in (2 cm)
Medium:
Oil
Circle Of:
Francesco Bassano (1549 - 1592, Italian)
Period:
16th Century
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Milan, IT
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU680316208032

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