Circle of Jacopo Palma Il Giovane

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Description

Jacopo Palma, called Il Giovane
recto and verso: figures mourning over the body of christ
pen and brown ink and wash (recto and verso); arched top

Provenance

Thomas Banks (L.2423);
H. Baron de Trinqueti (L.1304);
with Gustav Nebehay, Berlin, catalogue IV, 1928, no. 136, illus.

Catalogue Note

Although Palma himself treated this subject many times, the drawing cannot be closely related to any of the known autograph versions. The composition on the verso is a free tracing of the recto, with some differences.