Detail View: The AMICA Library: The Element of Water
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AMICA ID:
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MIA_.94.45
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AMICA Library Year:
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1998
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Object Type:
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Paintings
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Creator Name:
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Bassano, Francesco
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Southern European; Italian; Venetian
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Creator Role:
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painter
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1549 - 1592
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Gender:
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M
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Francesco Bassano
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Creator Name:
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Bassano, Jacopo
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Creator Role:
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painter
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Gender:
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M
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Jacopo Bassano
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Title:
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The Element of Water
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View:
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Front
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Creation Date:
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1576 - 1577
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Creation Start Date:
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1576
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Creation End Date:
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1577
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Materials and Techniques:
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oil on canvas
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Style or Period:
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Venetian School
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Dimensions:
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H.56-11/16 x W.73-5/8 in. (unframed)
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Component Measured:
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canvas dimensions
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Measurement Unit:
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in
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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Owner Location:
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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ID Number:
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94.45
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Credit Line:
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Bequest of Miss Tessie Jones, by exchange and the Ethel Morrison Van Derlip and John R. Van Derlip Funds
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Rights:
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Context:
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This nocture, 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. These proved so popular that the Bassanos made replicas of them for decades. This painting of about 1576-77, in which scholars believe Francesco had the primary role, is from a suite of the Four Elements (Earth, Air, Fire, and Water). It is the earliest surviving version of a subject copied well into the 1580s. Acquired in 1994 94.45 |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MIA_.446c.tif
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