| Artist | |
|---|---|
| Culture | Italian |
| Date | ca. 1552 |
| Object type | painting |
| Medium, technique | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 94 × 114 cm |
| Inventory number | 5879 |
| Collection | Old Master Paintings |
| On view | Museum of Fine Arts, First Floor, European Art 1250-1600, Gallery XXI |
This highly important masterpiece shows not only Bassano himself, but Venetian painting in general at its most Mannerist. During the 1550s, Bassano was highly responsive to the work of Tuscan Mannerists as well as Parmigianino and Pontormo. Characterized by elongated figures, exaggerated emotional intensity, an extremely dynamic sense of movement, and a serried mass of several figures moving rhythmically in a shallow space as in a frieze, the painting is shocking and disturbing, and entirely anti-classical in its spirit.
Pigler, Andor, Katalog der Galerie Alter Meister, 1-2. Museum der Bildenden Künste, Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest. 2, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1967, p. 43.
Botticelli to Titian: Two Centuries of Italian Masterpieces, Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 2009, p. 350-351, no. 103.
Botticellitől Tizianóig: az itáliai festészet két évszázadának remekművei, Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 2009, p. 350-351, no. 103.
This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.
