Lot Essay
Probably a modello executed as part of a contract for the patrons to approve, prior to the painting of the final banner.
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The Madonna and Child enthroned with Saint George and Saint Nicholas under an arch flanked by statues of Religion and Faith: A design for a processional banner with Saint Sebastian, the four Evangelists and another saint, with an alternative design for the pediment and the outline of a coat-of-arms under a festooned arch
Details
Jacopo Negretti, Palma il Giovane (Venice 1544-1628)
The Madonna and Child enthroned with Saint George and Saint Nicholas under an arch flanked by statues of Religion and Faith: A design for a processional banner with Saint Sebastian, the four Evangelists and another saint, with an alternative design for the pediment and the outline of a coat-of-arms under a festooned arch
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, watercolour
15½ x 9¼ in. (39.3 x 23.4 cm.)
The Madonna and Child enthroned with Saint George and Saint Nicholas under an arch flanked by statues of Religion and Faith: A design for a processional banner with Saint Sebastian, the four Evangelists and another saint, with an alternative design for the pediment and the outline of a coat-of-arms under a festooned arch
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, watercolour
15½ x 9¼ in. (39.3 x 23.4 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 2 July 1996, lot 108.
Sale room notice
On the basis of a photograph Professor Mason could not confirm the full attribution to Palma. She suggests that the sheet might be related to another drawing given to Antonio Vassillacchi called Aliense, which is now in the Louvre (inv. 5505).
The estimate for this lot should read £4000-6000 and not as printed in the catalogue.
The estimate for this lot should read £4000-6000 and not as printed in the catalogue.
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