The Fair
about 1580/85 | Francesco da Ponte, gen. Francesco Bassano
Around the mid-16th century the market scene developed in the Netherlands as an independent genre. Bassano adopted elements of it in his painting style by incorporating a confusing wealth of detail, lively depictions of scenes with buyers and sellers, a dense mixture of living and slaughtered animals, bowls and baskets, and fruit and vegetables laid out in front of the viewer. The existence of several versions of this subject from Bassano’s workshop indicates its extraordinary popularity.
Around the mid-16th century the market scene developed in the Netherlands as an independent genre. Bassano adopted elements of it in his painting style by incorporating a confusing wealth of detail, lively depictions of scenes with buyers and sellers, a dense mixture of living and slaughtered animals, bowls and baskets, and fruit and vegetables laid out in front of the viewer. The existence of several versions of this subject from Bassano’s workshop indicates its extraordinary popularity.
Artist:
Francesco da Ponte, gen. Francesco Bassano (1549 - 1592 Bassano) DNB
Time:
about 1580/85
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Italian, Venetian
Material/technology:
Canvas
Dimensions:
125 cm × 280 cm
Framed: 189 cm × 294,6 cm × 8,2 cm
Signed
Inscribed at the bottom left of the meat bench: FRANCvsBASSisFAC
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 4319
Provenance
1635-1649 Coll. Buckingham (?); 1685 Prague; 1894 to Vienna
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