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Description: | The figures are grouped intimately in the foreground of this nativity scene, bringing a sense of immediacy to the image. The artist has used thick brushstrokes to apply the colour. The scene is set at night, with the figures bathed in a warm light that effectively leads the eye around the group. The composition is close to that of an altarpiece by Jacopo Bassano Il Presepio di San Giuseppe in Bassano del Grappa, and it was probably painted after that work. Although it is not strictly in the style of the Bassano workshop, this version was probably painted by an artist of the Venetian school. | Subjects: | religion (Holy Family Nativity) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Bassano, Jacopo, il vecchio (Italian painter and draftsman, ca. 1510-1592) Æ After | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8308... | Go to resource |
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