Diana and Actaeon by Jacopo Bassano
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Diana and Actaeon

Jacopo Bassano · 1585–92

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. Possibly Jacopo Bassano (died 1592), Venice [inventory of studio content dated April 27, 1592, drawn up shortly after the artist’s death, "No. 130. L’Istoria d’Ateo, d’un braccio d’ogni banda" (The Story of Actaeon, one braccio in every direction); see Giambatista Verci, "Notizie intorno alla vita e alle opere de’pittori, scultori e intagliatori dell città di Bassano," Venice, 1775, p. 75]. Dupille, Paris, by 1763 [engraved by E. Fessard; see Crozat, 1763.] E. and A. Silberman Galleries, New York, by 1939 [Letter from Charles H. Worcester's secretary to Silberman of October 5, 1939, in curatorial file]; sold by Silberman to Charles H. Worcester, Chicago, 1939; given to the Art Institute, 1939.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Venice, Palazzo Ducale, Jacopo Bassano, 1957, cat. 60.
  • Peoria, Illinois, Lakeside Center for the Arts and Sciences, The Grand Tour, 1970. no cat.
  • Bassano del Grappa, Museo Civico, Jacopo Bassano, September 5-December 6, 1992, cat. 73.
  • The Art Institute of Chicago, Bill Viola: A 25-Year Survey, October 16, 1999 – January 9, 2000, included in the gallery that held Viola’s The Greeting for the Chicago venue.

Literature

Published references

  • Pierre Crozat, Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus beaux tableaux et d'après les plus beaux dessins qui sont en France..., vol. 2, L'Ecole venitienne (Paris, 1763), no. XII (ill.).
  • Lili Fröhlich-Bum, "Some Original Compositions by Francesco and Leandro Bassano," Burlington Magazine 61 (1932), p. 114.
  • Frederick A. Sweet, "Actaeon and the Nymphs," Art Institute of Chicago Bulletin 34 (1940), pp. 94-96 (ill.).
  • Roberto Longhi, "Calepino veneziano. XIV. Suggerimenti per Jacopo Bassano," Arte veneta 2 (1948), p. 55, fig. 65; reprinted in Opere complete di Roberto Longhi, vol. 10 (Florence, 1978), p. 98, fig. 197.
  • Frederick A. Sweet, "La pittura italiana all'Art Institute di Chicago," Le vie del mondo: Rivista mensile del Touring Club Italiano 15 (1953), p. 698.
  • Bernard Berenson, Italian Pictures of the Renaissance: Venetian School (London, 1957), vol. 1, p. 17.
  • Rodolfo Pallucchini, "Commento alla mostra di Jacopo Bassano," Arte veneta 11 (1957), p. 115.
  • Pietro Zampetti, Jacopo Bassano, trans. J. Guthrie (Rome, 1958), p. 57, pls. 75-76.
  • Edoardo Arslan, I Bassano (Milan, 1960), vol. 1, p. 259.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection (Chicago, 1961), p. 18.
  • Alessandro Ballarin, "Chirurgia bassanesca (I)," Arte veneta 20 (1966), p. 116.
  • Alessandro Ballarin, "La vecchiaia di Jacopo Bassano: Le fonti e la critica," Atti dell'istituto veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti 125 (1967), pp. 159, 161.

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