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About the Artwork
In this scene, two angels are shown attending to the body of Christ after his death. The artist, Leandro Bassano, came from a family of painters—both his father and grandfather were artists, as were his brothers, Francesco and Gerolamo. Leandro worked primarily in Francesco's studio in Venice, which he took over after his brother's death in 1592. Leandro is best known as a portrait painter, working in a style often compared with that of the great Venetian artist, Tintoretto. Other versions of this painting are in the collections of the Galleria Colonna in Rome and the Civic Museum in Bassano del Grappa, the artist's birthplace.
Provenance
James Jackson Jarves; Mrs. Liberty E. Holden,Cleveland, 1884, by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1916.
Exhibition history
Inaugural Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (June 6-September 20, 1916). The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 4, 1936). 35th Anniversary Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951). The Venetian Tradition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 8, 1956-January 1, 1957). Venetian Sorrows: Renaissance and Baroque Images of Cristo Passo. Museum of Biblical Art, New York, NY (organizer) (February 11-June 12, 2011).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Leandro Bassano (Italian, 1557–1623)
- Date
- c. 1580
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 157 x 129.5 x 13 cm (61 13/16 x 51 x 5 1/8 in.); Unframed: 123.3 x 96.5 cm (48 9/16 x 38 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Holden Collection
- Accession no.
- 1916.806
More by Leandro Bassano in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00009722
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