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...works, ranging from Lucas Cranach the Elder to Picasso, were hard to group by theme or period, but "Paintings from Private Collections" is one of the Met's best ventures. So far, some 70,000 visitors have flocked in to see it. Prize items: ¶ Florentine Mannerist Jacopo Pontormo's rarely exhibited Halberdier (owner: Chauncey Stillman...
...Jacopo's father was a painter, and the son handled brushes from childhood, adding touches to his father's canvases. He was only 15 when he left Bassano to be apprenticed in Venice to Bonifazio di Pitati. who had the disconcerting and unhelpful habit of locking himself in his studio when he was painting. Jacopo proved resourceful, peeped through the keyhole "to learn the master's methods and copy his works...
...knew that they would be pleased with Bassano's work. When Bassano's reputation as an animal painter was growing, a client of Tintoretto, in an argument over a portrait of himself, threatened to fly into a "beastly rage," only to hear Tintoretto placidly say, "Go to Jacopo. He is an excellent painter of beasts. He will do a wonderful portrait...
...Learn Again. The atmosphere of Venice was not to Jacopo's taste, and when his father died, he went back home, serenely painting by the peaceful bridge over the Brenta. Unlike Venice, the town of Bassano appreciated his work so much that he was exempted from paying city taxes. His Adoration, painted for the local church, was so successful that crowds flocked to see it, and many bid to buy it, until finally the church decreed that "the painting shall never be removed, under any pretext whatsoever, and under penalty of a 500 ducats fine...
...Jacopo lived simply in Bassano. He cultivated herbs, played the flute, trained all four of his sons to be painters. Since they all used the name Bassano, as well as Jacopo's father, a son-in-law, a grandson and great-grandson, it took a few centuries to sort out Jacopo's work from the rest of the family's. When Jacopo died in 1592, he had only one regret. "I am sorry to die," he murmured, "because death prevents me from learning my craft all over again...