Girolamo da Ponte also known as Gerolamo Bassano (3 June 1566 – 8 Nov 1621)

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was an Italian painter of the

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3 June 1566, he was the youngest son of painter Jacopo da Bassano. He also copied his father's pictures, and like his brother Giambattista, must take his share in the prolific number of canvases attributed to Jacopo Bassano. He painted an ''Apparition of the Virgin to St. Barbara'' in Bassano. He also collaborated with his brother

Leandro Bassano Leandro Bassano (10 June 1557 – 15 April 1622), also called Leandro dal Ponte, was an Italian artist from Bassano del Grappa who was awarded a knighthood by the Doge of Venice. He was the younger brother of artist Francesco Bassano the Younge ...

, including portraits of Sagredo.N. Wilding (2006) ''Galilaeana: Journal of Galilean Studies'' vol 3, pp.229 – 245 "Galileo’s Idol: Gianfrancesco Sagredo Unveiled" He died in

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on 8 Nov 1621.

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* 1560 births 1622 deaths People from the Province of Vicenza 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Painters from Venice Italian Mannerist painters {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub