Francesco da Ponte

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Francesco da Ponte the Elder, or Francesco Bassano the Elder (c. 1475–1530) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance Venetian School.

He was born at Vicenza. After training in Venice he established himself at Bassano. If not an actual pupil of Giovanni Bellini, he was a follower of his style. He painted a St. Bartholomew for the cathedral of Bassano, an altarpiece for the church of San Giovanni, and a Descent of the Holy Ghost for the village church of Oliero. Francesco died in Bassano. His son, Jacopo da Ponte gained prominence as a painter in Venice and the Veneto. One of Jacopo's sons was the painter Francesco da Ponte the Younger.

He died at Bassano del Grappa in 1530.

References

Bryan, Michael (1889). Walter Armstrong & Robert Edmund Graves, ed. Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume II L-Z). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons. pp. pages 325–326.

Persondata
Name	Ponte, Francesco Da
Alternative names	Francesco Bassano the Elder
Short description	Italian painter
Date of birth	1475
Place of birth	Vicenza
Date of death	1530
Place of death	Bassano

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