
As for Mannerism in development, “it can be seen in the execution of John the Baptist”, created around 1550. Here Bassano most consistently professes “an irrational, subjective vision of the world.
In combination with the painful-clear “elaboration of details, this irrationality gives the picture a special anxiety and fantasy.
John the Baptist in the Desert by Jacopo Bassano
L’exécution de Jean-Baptiste – Jacopo Bassano
Madonna and Child with John the Baptist by Jacopo Bassano
Madonna and Child, St. Joseph and John the Baptist by Jacopo Pontormo
Portrait of a man by Jacopo Bassano
Portrait of a Woman by Jacopo Bassano
The Crucifixion by Jacopo Bassano
Assault of Padua by Jacopo Bassano