Jacopo Negretti, Palma Il Giovane* (1544-1628)
Jacopo Negretti, Palma Il Giovane* (1544-1628)

Portrait of Adriana Negretti, the artist's wife, seated on a chair, and studies of Bacchus and a seated woman

Details
Jacopo Negretti, Palma Il Giovane* (1544-1628)
Portrait of Adriana Negretti, the artist's wife, seated on a chair, and studies of Bacchus and a seated woman
red chalk, pen and brown ink
10 x 8 in. (262 x 203 mm.)
Provenance
'Sagredo-Borghese' Album (L. 2103a), with inscriptions 'Palma' and numbering 'G.P. no: 291' on the mount (verso).
Exhibited
Brussels, Muse Communal d'Ixelles, De Giorgione Tiepolo, dessins italiens du 15e au 18e sicle dans les collections prives et publiques de Belgique, 1993, no. 38.

Lot Essay

Other portraits of Adriana were included in the Palma album sold by Richard Day in 1986, nos. 2, 3, 6 and 18.