School of the BASSANO; Italy, XVII century.

School of the BASSANO ; Italy, XVII century.
"Costumbrista scene".
Oil on canvas.
It has frame of the nineteenth century.
Measurements: 61 x 75 cm; 87 x 102 cm (frame).
The representation is extremely original and also rare, as it shows a clearly identifiable situation, in addition to the general genre theme of Bassano's representations. To the right and left of the painting, coppersmiths with tools or hammers and a copper bowl, in the center a mother bringing out her half-naked child. In the background, as usual in Bassano's genre paintings, a view of a cloudy nocturnal landscape.
Francesco Bassano, son of the master Jacopo Bassano, was the most prolific of all his brothers, also dedicated to painting. He began his training at his father's hand, and together with his brothers worked in the family workshop, which had a great recognition and whose production was very prolific. However, unlike his brothers, Francesco the Younger managed to achieve great personal recognition for his painting, as he managed to move away from his father's style and to implant his ideas in the Bassano workshop, besides being the only one to collaborate in his father's works in an independent way, taking charge of specific areas where his fine brushstroke was required, which was far from his father's way of doing things. In 1579 he moved to Venice, and in 1587 he visited Florence, where he worked for a season. Thanks to his work he achieved great success in Rome, Florence, Venice and Spain, whose court especially valued his paintings.