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Francesco Bassano the Younger (1549 – 1592)

• Also called Francesco Giambattista da Ponte or Francesco da Ponte the Younger.
• He was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period.
• He was born at Bassano del Grappa near Venice.
• He was the eldest son of Jacopo Bassano and grandson of Francesco da Ponte the Elder.
• He studied with his father and worked in the Bassano family workshop along with his three brothers, including Giambattista, Girolamo, and Leandro Bassano.
• Francesco moved to Venice.
• He was commissioned to paint a series of historical pictures in the Doge's Palace.
• He was prone to hypochondria, which exacerbated his other ailments, including possible depression.
• Soon after his father's death in 1592, Francesco committed suicide by throwing himself out of a window.
• His brother Leandro Bassano continued the family legacy of painting. 
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