The apotheosis of a monk

Details

Jacopo Negretti, Palma il Giovane (Venice circa 1550-1628)
The apotheosis of a monk
with inscription 'Palma'
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash heightened with white on brown paper, with pen lines indicating an octagon
9 ¼ x 9 7/8 in. (23.5 x 25.1 cm)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, Paris, 17 March 2005, lot 16.

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Lot Essay

A similar group with the apotheosis of a saint surrounded by putti can be found in a picture showing Saint Zechariah, executed in 1599 for San Zaccaria, Venice (S.M. Rinaldi, Palma il Giovane: L'opera completa, Milan, 1984, no. 486, fig. 284).
We are grateful to Stefania Mason Rinaldi for her assistance in cataloguing this drawing and for confirming the attribution.

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