Pastiche in the manner of Bassano

Pastiche in the manner of Bassano by Jacopo Bassano (Jacopo da Ponte)|baron Dominique Vivant Denon

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Sheet: 8 3/16 × 5 11/16 in. (20.8 × 14.5 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1957

Accession Number

57.658.101

Art Historical Context

Visitors to the Metropolitan Museum of's Drawings and Prints department will delight in *Pastiche in the of Bassano*, an by Baron Dominique Vivanton from the 18th to early 19th. Measuring a compact 8 3/16 × 5 11/16 inches, this gifted work from Harry G. Friedman in 1957 exemplifies Denon's skill as a French artist, diplomat, and Louvre director under Napoleon. A pastiche is a playful imitation honoring another master's style, here channeling the Venetian Renaissance painter Jacopo Bassano (Jacopo da Ponte, c. 1510–1592). Bassano was renowned for his earthy, Mannerist scenes of rural life, she...

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