Lot 224
  • 224

Jacopo Palma, called Il Giovane

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Jacopo Palma, called Il Giovane
  • Scene of Martyrdom
  • Pen and brown ink and wash over black chalk, on light brown paper
  • 11 3/4 by 8 in.; 29.7 by 20.2 cm.

Provenance

Giuseppe Vallardi (L.1223);
with Herman Shickman, New York, from whom bought by the present owner in 1977

Condition

Window mounted. Paper seems to be slightly browned. A little staining and surface dirt, Otherwise reasonably good. Sold in a modern gilded wooden frame.
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Catalogue Note

This scene of the martyrdom of three early Christian saints cannot be related to a known painting by Palma Giovane.