Old Master and British Works on Paper
Old Master and British Works on Paper
Jacopo Negretti, called Palma Il Giovane
Studies after "The Golden Calf", "The Last Judgement" and "The Martyrdom of St. Paul" by Jacopo Tintoretto
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January 26, 08:29 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 USD
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Jacopo Negretti, called Palma Il Giovane
Venice circa 1548 - 1628
Studies after "The Golden Calf", "The Last Judgement" and "The Martyrdom of St. Paul" by Jacopo Tintoretto
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, the upper right corner made up;
bears old attribution in pencil on the mount: Drawing by Tintoretto for the Last Judgement in S. Maria del Orto Venice
inscribed in pencil on the backing: Sold as Tintoretto at W*iffan's sale / designs for the Last Judgement / in Sta. Maria dell'Orto, Venice / J.T. Palgram / 1860
246 by 341 mm; 9¾ by 13⅝ in.
probably his sale, London, Sotheby's, 29 February 1860, unidentified lot;
Dr. C.R. Rudolf (1884-1974) London, (L.2811b);
with Paul McCarron Fine Prints and Drawings, New York,
where acquired by the present owner
All the figures on this sheet are drawn from three paintings by Tintoretto, datable between 1556 and 1563, in the church of Sta. Maria dell'Orto, Venice.1 We know from various sources that Palma began his artistic career copying the Martyrdom of St. Lawrence by Titian in the Church of the Gesuiti, and during subsequent stays at Pesaro, Urbino and Rome he copied works by Raphael, Michelangelo and Polidoro.
Very few drawings by Palma of this type have survived, although another sheet, also after Tintoretto, was sold in these rooms in 2020.2
1. R. Pallucchini and P. Rossi, Tintoretto: Le Opere Sacre e Profane, Milan 1982, vol. II, p. 389, fig. 210 and pp. 446-7, figs. 307-308, reproduced
2. Sale, New York, Sotheby's, 29 January 2020, lot 32