Pastiche in the manner of Bassano
18th–early 19th century
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...