Bassano

[ buh-sah-noh; Italian bahs-sah-naw ]

/ bəˈsɑ noʊ; Italian bɑsˈsɑ nɔ /

Ja·co·po

[yah-kaw-paw] /ˈyɑ kɔ pɔ/, Giacomo da Ponte,1510–92, Italian painter.

his sonsFran·ces·co

[frahn-ches-kaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ/,1549–92, Giam·bat·tis·ta da Pon·te

[jahm-baht-tees-tah dah pawn-te] /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ dɑ ˈpɔn tɛ/, 1533–?; Gi·ro·la·mo da Ponte

[jee-raw-lah-maw] /dʒiˈrɔ lɑ mɔ/, 1566–1621; Le·an·dro

[le-ahn-draw] /lɛˈɑn drɔ/, 1557–1623, Italian painters.

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It was Bassano who started that great Spanish school which was to culminate in Velasquez.
Venice|Dorothy Menpes
Wurmser was thought to have posted his main body near Trent, and to have detached one division to Bassano “to cover Trieste.”
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2|Various
At a later period of his life he returned to Bassano, and received an appointment as censor of the press.
The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 4|Lord Byron
Upon his decease in 1633, every vestige of the manner and of the school of Jacopo became extinct in Bassano.
The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. 3 (of 6)|Luigi Antonio Lanzi

I have likewise seen entire pieces, with the title of the Family of Bassano, sometimes in small size, and sometimes in larger.
The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. 3 (of 6)|Luigi Antonio Lanzi