Scuola Bassanesca del XVII secolo - Deposizione di Cristo nel sepolcro

\Artist: Scuola Bassanesca del XVII secolo
Technique: Oil on canvas\Signature: Not signed\Dimensions: 110_12_145_cm
XVII CENTURY BASSANESCO SCHOOL GEROLAMO DAL PONTE, called GEROLAMO BASSANO [Followers] (Bassano del Grappa, 1566 - Venice, 1621) Deposition of Christ in the tomb Oil on canvas, cm. 85 x 123 Size with frame, cm. 97 x 134 x 5 approx. BROWSE CATALOG (copy link) : https: //www. sfogliami. it/fl/241189/3tv3uqgjenr7xrk8cdpd6ttj35dy417#page/74 NOTES: Publication of the catalog of works from the Intermidiart collection. Unsigned work. Certificate of Lawful Origin. Work with gilded frame (defects) : Splendid ancient painting, oil on canvas, depicting a Deposition of Christ in the tomb. This image - typical of the Bassano school - refers to an invention with the same theme created around 1585 by Gerolamo da Ponte, known as Gerolamo Bassano (oil on canvas 105. 5 x 125 cm, in the collection at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna) . The canvas, in fact, refers to the ambit of the large and fruitful workshop originated by Jacopo Da Ponte in the city of Bassano. In the workshop, starting from the models of the progenitor, the sons Francesco, Leandro and Gerolamo, and their collaborators replicated and reworked pastoral and allegorical subjects for decoration. The composition undoubtedly derives from a prototype conceived by the Bassano family and the style characters suggest to refer the execution to a follower, probably to Gerolamo Dal Ponte, also known as Gerolamo Bassano (Bassano del Grappa, 1566 - Venice, 1621, last among the sons of Jacopo) , whose followers are found in activity throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Jacopo Bassano's painting is always dedicated to rural and pastoral life, in which he has always lived, which leads him in 1548 to create a work of great innovation: the subject of the painting are in fact two dogs. This dedication leads him to experiment more and more about these times; at the same time as the commissions of monumental works, in fact, in the sixties the Dal Ponte begins dealing with more intimate and pastoral biblical themes and landscapes. These works are elegant but with a rustic simplicity and give rise to a taste that will be much loved even in the following decades. He has eight children by his wife Elisabetta Merzari, four of whom will become painters: Francesco Giambattista, Giovanni Battista, Leandro and Girolamo. With his children he will produce many works depicting genre scenes, peasants, animals, nature, the series of the Seasons and religious life. This painting is part of this context; in fact, the work depicts the Deposition of Christ in the sepulcher, a subject that was fortunate and very present in the tradition of the Bassano workshop. The scene derives from the aforementioned version exhibited in Vienna, made with different variations, some versions of which are closely related from the same workshop and present in other important international museums. All the versions reproduce in an almost identical way the central group of Christ supported from behind by Joseph of Arimatea, with a particularly daring glimpse of the head of Christ reclined backwards and almost elongated, such as to accentuate the movement and depth of the scene. On the other hand, the poses of the pious women of the group on the right change more noticeably in the various specimens. The work - taken into consideration - unfolds before the eyes of the observer in an asymmetrical way to the original work, despite the different dimensions, the author was able to interpret the work with quality and good management skills. The version proposed here, in fact, presents a relevant executive quality and a slightly attenuated palette compared to the archetypes: a choice linked to the desire to make the nocturnal setting more evident. The colors of the clothes are highlighted so bright and warm, making focal points of the composition. The elegance of the drapery and the safety of the poses make us think of the hand of a follower of the Bassano of a certain importance, perhaps to be placed inside the workshop of Gerolamo, who was able to render the characteristics of style and atmosphere of the original work preserved in the Vienna museum. The work is also interesting because it allows us to grasp the production practice of the master's vast workshop, which made a wise use of cartons, of figurative modules that assembled differently to build the desired iconographies, deviating playfully from the prototype through slight variations. And here comes the Longhian dilemma between quality and industry to understand on the one hand the serial character of this production and its fickle quality level, which presents a wide range of discrepancies. The number of known canvases attributable to the followers leads us to recognize their enormous critical fortune, underlining that when the canvases meet aesthetic standards they do not betray the decorative expectations of collecting. With regard to its state of conservation, the work is in a fairly good state of conservation. The pictorial film seems - in some parts - to be revealed with various remakes. From a first judgment, it can be seen that the canvas has already been subjected to a recent restoration, carried out in a professional way. Also, it appears to have been relined. The measures of the canvas are cm. 85 x 123. The painting is sold with a gilded frame of recent times with some defects caused by time (the measurements of the frame are approx. 97 x 134 x 5 cm) . ORIGIN: Coll. private PUBLICATION: Unpublished; MYTHS AND THE TERRITORY in Sicily with a thousand cultures. UNPUBLISHED QUADRERIA general catalog of paintings from the collection of the “Myths and the territory” cycle, 2nd Ed. , Publisher Lab_04, Marsala, 2022. We also guarantee accurate packaging with external wooden crate and bubble wrap / cardboard / internal polystyrene (packaging cost approximately € 150. 00) and tracked shipping (€ 150. 00 Italy) . For export, the work is subject to a request for a Certificate of Free Movement (European Community) or Certificate of Export (Extra-Community Transport) , at the export office (Superintendency of the territory) with the times and costs incurred ( € 500 / € 800, all included: shipping, packaging and particular exports) . The original documents (including catalog, will be sent separately after receiving payment from Catawiki) . The shipment may be delayed by a few days / week for logistical and administrative reasons.