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Francesco Bassano the Younger (1549 – 1592)

• Also called Francesco Giambattista da Ponte or Francesco da Ponte the Younger.
• He was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period.
• He was born at Bassano del Grappa near Venice.
• He was the eldest son of Jacopo Bassano and grandson of Francesco da Ponte the Elder.
• He studied with his father and worked in the Bassano family workshop along with his three brothers, including Giambattista, Girolamo, and Leandro Bassano.
• Francesco moved to Venice.
• He was commissioned to paint a series of historical pictures in the Doge's Palace.
• He was prone to hypochondria, which exacerbated his other ailments, including possible depression.
• Soon after his father's death in 1592, Francesco committed suicide by throwing himself out of a window.
• His brother Leandro Bassano continued the family legacy of painting.
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Francesco Bassano the Younger, Spring and Banishment from Paradise, c. 1575

Original, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. Visited in 2017-19.

Francesco Bassano the Younger, Spring and Banishment from Paradise, c. 1575

Francesco Bassano the Younger, Summer, around 1576

Original, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. Visited in 2017-19.

Francesco Bassano the Younger, Summer, around 1576

Jacopo Bassano and Francesco Bassano the Younger, Christ in the House of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus, c. 1576-77

Original, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Visited in 2019

Francesco Bassano the Younger, The Ascent to Calvary, around 1575

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Francesco Bassano the Younger, The Ascent to Calvary, around 1575

Workshop of Francesco Bassano the Younger, The Pilgrims of Emmaus, around 1575 - 1578

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Workshop of Francesco Bassano the Younger, The Pilgrims of Emmaus, around 1575 - 1578

Francesco Bassano the Younger, The Forge of Vulcan

Original, The National Museum in Warsaw. Visited in 2021.

Francesco Bassano the Younger, The Forge of Vulcan

Francesco Bassano the Younger, The Forge of Vulcan

Attributed to Jacopo Bassano, with assistance of Francesco and Leandro Bassano, Entry into the Ark, c. 1575-80

Original, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland. Visited in 2021.

Attributed to Jacopo Bassano, with assistance of Francesco and Leandro Bassano, Entry into the Ark, c. 1575-80

Jacopo Bassano and Francesco Bassano II, The Mocking of Christ, 1580s

Original, Museum of Fine Art Boston. Visited in 2018-2023.

Jacopo Bassano and Francesco Bassano II, The Mocking of Christ, 1580s

Francesco Bassano the Younger, Christ on the Mount of Olives, after 1585

Original, Archdiocesan Museum Olomouc, Czech Republic. Visited in 2019-2023.

Francesco Bassano the Younger, Christ on the Mount of Olives, after 1585