Artist:
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Francesco da Ponte (Francesco Bassano) Jacopo da Ponte (Jacopo Bassano)
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Title:
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The Element of Water
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Date:
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c. 1576-1577
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Medium:
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Oil on canvas
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Dimensions:
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56 11/16 x 74 5/8 in. (143.99 x 189.55 cm) (canvas)
66 1/2 x 83 5/8 in. (168.91 x 212.41 cm) (outer frame)
91 7/8 in. (233.36 cm) (diagonal, upper right to lower left)
91 9/16 in. (232.57 cm) (diagonal, upper left to lower right)
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Credit Line:
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Bequest of Miss Tessie Jones, by exchange, the Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund, and the John R. Van Derlip Fund
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Location:
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Gallery 341
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This nocturne, or night scene, shows a fish market being set up on a riverbank at dawn. The vendors display a variety of seafood, while other activities involving water, such as laundering, ferrying, and drinking, take place nearby. Above, Neptune, god of the sea, drives his chariot across the sky.
The dramatically lit landscape with many figures and meticulously rendered still-life details represents a new type of pastoral scene devised by Jacopo Bassano and his son Francesco. The large Bassano family workshop produced several series of such landscapes--the Four Seasons, the Four Elements, the Months, and well-known biblical stories. This painting, in which scholars believe Francesco had the primary role, is from a suite of the Four Elements (Earth, Air, Fire, and Water).
Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Ponte (Francesco Bassano), Francesco da
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Nationality:
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Italian (Venice)
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Life Dates:
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Italian (Venice), 1549 - 1592
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Name:
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Ponte (Jacopo Bassano), Jacopo da
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Nationality:
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Italian (Venice)
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Life Dates:
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Italian (Venice), 1510 – 1592
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Creation Place:
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Europe, Italy, , ,
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Accession #:
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94.45
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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