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| Artist | Attributed to after Bassano, Francesco, II (Italian painter, 1549-1592) |
| Title | Summer |
| Date earliest | possibly about 1570 |
| Date latest | probably about 1592 |
| Material | oil on canvas |
| Measurements | 114.1 x 141.5 cm |
| Description | This painting is part of a set of The Four Seasons, developed in the famous Venetian studio of the Bassani and often repeated. Jacopo Bassano, after studying in Venice, returned to his native town of Bassano and ran a very productive workshop with the increasing help of his sons Francesco the Younger (1549-92), Giovanni Battista (1553-1613), Leandro (1557-1622), and Gerolamo (1566-1621). The Four Seasons series which, with other series such as the Elements and the Story of Noah, originated with Jacopo and his son Francesco. Many versions of the series exist, produced in the Bassano workshop, where the production of copies/variations of popular works was common practice. The variations in quality are due to the different authors of the copies. Summer may be by Francesco Bassano, who was the best artist amongst the four sons. |
| Subject | allegory (season); figure; animal |
| Collection | Culture and Sport Glasgow (Museums): Kelvingrove Museum |
| Current accession number | 177 |
| Acquisition details | Bequeathed by Archibald McLellan 1854. |
| Principal publications | W.R. Rearick, ‘Jacopo Bassano’s Later Genre Paintings’, Burlington Magazine, May 1968, pp.241-249; Catalogue of Italian Paintings with which is included a small group of Spanish Pictures, Illustrations, Introduction by George Buchanan, Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, 1970, p. 31, repr. b/w; A. Wharf, ‘The Bassano Family: Renaissance Painters with an Eye for Tools and Trades’, Tools and Trades, The Journal of the Tool and Trades History Society, vol.11, June 1999; |
| Notes |
Related works: after Francesco Bassano (Francesco da Ponte) the younger, 1549 - 1592, Italian - Venetian, Winter, Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries, n.178; after Francesco Bassano (Francesco da Ponte) the younger, 1549-1592, Italian - Venetian, Spring, Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries, n.179; after Francesco Bassano (Francesco da Ponte) the younger, 1549-1592, Italian - Venetian, Autumn, Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries, n.180. |
| Rights status | Culture and Sport Glasgow (Museums) |
| Author | Dr Erma Hermens |
