Bassano
[buh-sah-noh; Italian bahs-sah-naw]
- 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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Augereau fought all day on the sixth at Bassano, Massna at Citadella.
The Life of Napoleon BonaparteWilliam Milligan Sloane
On the death of his father he returned to Bassano and settled there.
The most trustworthy of these was Maret, afterwards Duke of Bassano.
Lectures on the French RevolutionJohn Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
It was Bassano who started that great Spanish school which was to culminate in Velasquez.
VeniceDorothy Menpes
Basseggio, librarian and president of the Athenum of Bassano.