Francesco Giambattista da Ponte, called Bassano (Bassano 1549-1592 Venice)
An extensive river landscape with a huntsman and his dogs, a washerwoman with chickens, sheep and goats nearby oil on canvas 70.7 x 134 cm. (27 7/8 x 52¾ in.)
Footnotes
PROVENANCE: Possibly Mrs Legge, London, until 1966 With Julius Weitzner Anonymous sale, Phillips, London, 4 July 2000, lot 14
At the time of the 2000 sale at Phillips, Professor Alessandro Ballarin confirmed the attribution of the present work upon firsthand inspection of the painting and also dated the picture to circa 1573-4. He compared it to Francesco Bassano's Christ on the Road to Calvary, now in the Louvre, which he dates to 1572.
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