Jacopo Bassano and studio assistant, possibly his son Francesco Bassano

Jacopo Bassano was one of the most important and original painters working in Venice in the sixteenth century, and at its best, his work places him alongside his great contemporaries such as Titian, Veronese and Tintoretto. This canvas is a mature work, painted in the mid-1570s, and very possibly a collaborative work with his son Francesco, who by this point in his career was the artist's principal workshop collaborator. Francesco took over the family workshop in 1539.