![Francesco Bassano - The Purification of the Temple [c.1585]](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3674/13506151173_922c7ebb44.jpg)
Francesco Bassano (Bassano del Grappa, January 26, 1549 - Venice, July 4, 1592) was an Italian painter. He moved to Venice where he ran the branch of the family business, and where he was employed to paint a series of historical pictures in the Doge’s Palace. But as he was prone to hypochondria and other ailments, he committed suicide by defenestration soon after his father's death in 1592.
[Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid - Oil on canvas, 150 x 184 cm]