Italian school of the XVI century

Italian school of the sixteenth century. Workshop of JACOPO BASSANO (Bassano del Grappa, Italy, ca. 1510 - 1592).
"Pastoral scene".
Oil on canvas. Relined.
Measurements: 75 x 110 cm; 89 x 124 cm (frame).
In this work of workshop of the Venetian master Jacopo Bassano we are presented with a pastoral scene of great narrative and meticulously described. In the middle of the 16th century, Bassano painted works like the one we present here, clearly costumbrist and of a scenographic character in its composition, advancing in almost a century the genre painting of the Baroque. The artist shows us here a wide scenery, richly described and built in several planes of depth, based on a clear and open composition that allows us to visualize all the scenes represented. A group of shepherds with their animals is presented in the foreground, while the background scenery includes several more planes of depth, alternating areas of light and shadow to reinforce the three-dimensional construction of the space.
Jacopo Bassano was one of the great masters of Venetian painting, son and father of painters and specialized in works, both profane and religious, full of characters and animals, of costumbrista character, announcing the creation of this genre in the following century. He was already highly esteemed in his time for his precision and taste for detail when describing characters, animals and environments. His first dated work dates from 1528, and around 1533 he was already in Venice, where he began to use engravings by Titian, Dürer, Agostino Veneziano and Marcantonio Raimondi for his compositions, interpreting them in his own personal style. The following year he gained access to a more powerful and wealthy clientele through Andrea Navagero, and at this time his work began a stage more influenced by Raphael, which will drift towards a style closer to Parmigianino and Moretto around 1540.