Leandro Bassano (1557–1622)

• Was also called Leandro dal Ponte.
• He was an Italian artist from Bassano del Grappa.
• Bassano was awarded a knighthood by the Doge of Venice.
• He was the younger brother of artist Francesco Bassano the Younger and third son of artist Jacopo Bassano.
• Their father took his surname from their town of Bassano del Grappa, and trained his sons as painters.
• Leandro studied with his brothers in their father's workshop.

• After Francesco opened a workshop in Venice before 1575, Leandro took over the studio in Bassano del Grappa.

• By around 1575, Leandro had become an important assistant to his father.

• Shortly after their father died, his brother Francesco committed suicide.

• Leandro moved to Venice, taking over the family studio there.

• He became a successful portraitist, working close to the influential style of Venetian master Tintoretto. 

• In addition to his many portraits and religious pieces, Leandro painted secular, genre works, such as his Concert, now in the Uffizi Gallery, and his Kitchen Scene, displayed in the Indiana University Art Museum in the United States.

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