Lot Essay
This painting is based on Palma il Vecchio's Rest on the Flight to Egypt, in the Uffizi, Florence, but with the addition of a donor behind the Virgin.
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The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist, a female Saint and a male donor in a landscape
Details
Studio of Jacopo Negretti, called Palma il Vecchio (Serinalta c. 1480-1528 Venice)
The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist, a female Saint and a male donor in a landscape
oil on panel, unframed
32 x 49¼ in. (81.3 x 125 cm.)
The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist, a female Saint and a male donor in a landscape
oil on panel, unframed
32 x 49¼ in. (81.3 x 125 cm.)
Provenance
(Possibly) Benson, London.
(Possibly) with Duveen Brothers, New York.
Worcester Museum of Art, Massachusetts, 1915, as Palma il Vecchio.
with Tobias and Fisher, New York, 1949.
Anon. Sale, Christie's, New York, 12 January 1978, lot 12, as school of Palma il Vecchio.
(Possibly) with Duveen Brothers, New York.
Worcester Museum of Art, Massachusetts, 1915, as Palma il Vecchio.
with Tobias and Fisher, New York, 1949.
Anon. Sale, Christie's, New York, 12 January 1978, lot 12, as school of Palma il Vecchio.
Literature
Worcester Art Museum, 'Two paintings by Palma il Vecchio, 1480-1528', Bulletin of the Worcester Art Museum, 1916, pp. 2-4, as Palma il Vecchio.
Worcester Art Museum, Catalogue of Paintings and Drawings, Worcester, 1922, p. 412, as school of Palma il Vecchio.
B. Berenson, Italian Pictures of the Renaissance, Oxford, 1932, p. 412, as Palma il Vecchio, Joseph only, the rest by another hand.
G. Gombosi, Palma Vecchio, Stuttgart and Berlin, 1937, p. 115, as school of Palma il Vecchio.
B. Berenson, Italian Pictures of the Renaissance - Venetian School, London, 1957, I, p.127, as Palma il Vecchio, Joseph only, the rest by another hand.
G. Mariacher, Palma il Vecchio, Milan, 1968, p. 113.
Worcester Art Museum, European Paintings in the Collection of the Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, 1974, p. 592.
P. Rylands, Palma Vecchio, Cambridge, 1992, p. 316, no. A79*, under attributed works as 'workshop' of Palma il Vecchio?.
Worcester Art Museum, Catalogue of Paintings and Drawings, Worcester, 1922, p. 412, as school of Palma il Vecchio.
B. Berenson, Italian Pictures of the Renaissance, Oxford, 1932, p. 412, as Palma il Vecchio, Joseph only, the rest by another hand.
G. Gombosi, Palma Vecchio, Stuttgart and Berlin, 1937, p. 115, as school of Palma il Vecchio.
B. Berenson, Italian Pictures of the Renaissance - Venetian School, London, 1957, I, p.127, as Palma il Vecchio, Joseph only, the rest by another hand.
G. Mariacher, Palma il Vecchio, Milan, 1968, p. 113.
Worcester Art Museum, European Paintings in the Collection of the Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, 1974, p. 592.
P. Rylands, Palma Vecchio, Cambridge, 1992, p. 316, no. A79*, under attributed works as 'workshop' of Palma il Vecchio?.