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Giovanni Battista da Ponte

Giovanni Battista da Ponte (1553–1613), also known as Giovanni Battista Bassano, was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active in Venice and his native Bassano del Grappa. The second son of Jacopo da Ponte, he was chiefly known as a copyist of his father's works. Many of his productions now figure under Jacopo's name.

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Giovanni Battista da Ponte

Giovanni Battista da Ponte was the third son of the painter Jacopo Bassano, the founder of a successful family workshop in Venice. Although his brothers Francesco and Leandro are more well known, apart from in the very finest works of Jacopo, Francesco and Leandro, it is a difficult task to identify the works of each on stylistic grounds. The "Bassano style" with its unmistakable subject matter an

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Born
1553 · Bassano del Grappa.
Died
1613 · Bassano del Grappa.
Nationality
Republic of Venice
Occupation
painter

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Giovanni Battista da Ponte (1553–1613), also known as Giovanni Battista Bassano, was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active in Venice and his native Bassano del Grappa. The second son of Jacopo da Ponte, he was chiefly known as a copyist of his father's works. Many of his productions now figure under Jacopo's name.

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