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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.1123
People
Jacopo Palma Giovane, Italian (Venice, Italy c. 1548 - 1628 Venice, Italy)
Title
Study for "Paradise," planned for the Sala del Maggior Consiglio, Palazzo Ducale, Venice
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1582-1583
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Veneto, Venice
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/292451

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down overall to thick cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
29.5 x 56.4 cm (11 5/8 x 22 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: l.l., graphite, French: Porte d'Entrée
  • inscription: l.l., graphite, French: Urne pour le scrutin
  • inscription: Upper center, Graphite, French: Peinture du Fond de la Salle du Grand Conseil à Venise
  • inscription: Lower center, graphite, French: Place des Inquisiteurs d'Etat Place du Doge Place du Conseil de Dio [?]
  • inscription: l.r., Graphite, French: Urne pour le scrutin
  • inscription: l.r., Graphite, French: Porte d'Entrée

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Louis Dimier, Paris (Lugt 1721c), possibly Paris, 1921. [1] Richard S. Davis, Wayzata, sold; to [Robert M. Light & Co., Santa Barbara], sold; to Donald Outerbrigde, partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1995.

[1] Possibly by sale in Paris, 1921 with M. Paulme and G. B. Lasquin. See Lugt Sale, December 15, 1921.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Donald Outerbridge and Robert M. Light and purchase through the generosity of Sheldon and Leena Peck, Melvin R. Seiden, Sarah-Ann and Werner H. Kramarsky, Sally and Howard Lepow, and an anonymous donor
Accession Year
1995
Object Number
1995.1123
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Stephanie Mason Rinaldi, "Disegni preparatori per dipinti di Jacopo Palma Il Giovane", Arte veneta: rivista di storia dell'arte (1972), vol. 26, pp. 92-110, pp. 102-103; repr. fig. 124, p. 104
  • Terisio Pignatti, Venetian Drawings from American Collections, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C., 1974), cat. no. 32, pp. 20-21; pl. 32, n.p.
  • Ebria Feinblatt, Old Master Drawings from American Collections, exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art/Allanheld & Schram (Los Angeles, 1976), cat. no. 52, p. 48; repr. fig. 52, p. 49
  • Stephanie Mason Rinaldi, Palma il Giovane: L'opera completa, Alfieri / Gruppo Editoriale Electa (Milan, Italy, 1984), no. D183, pp. 163-164; also under no. 146, p. 92; fig. 104, p. 228
  • Wolfgang Wolters, Storia e politica nei dipinti di Palazzo Ducale, Banco San Marco/Arsenale Editrice (Venice, 1987), pp. 290-291, fig. 308
  • Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums Annual Report 1995-96, Harvard University Art Museums Bulletin (Cambridge, MA, Summer 1997), vol. V, no. 3, pp. 15-16, ill. p. 15
  • James Cuno, ed., A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions by the Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, Mass., Spring 2000), pp. 44 and 45; repr. (color), p. 45
  • Jean Habert, Le "Paradis" de Tintoret: Un concours pour le palais des Doges, exh. cat., 5 Continents Editions/Musée du Louvre (Milan/Paris, 2006), cat. no. 5, repr. (color), pp. 39, 74, 76, 77, 79
  • Diana Gisolfi, Paolo Veronese and the Practice of Painting in Late Renaissance Venice, Yale University Press (New Haven, 2017), p. 180, fig. 271

Exhibition History

  • Venetian Drawings from American Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 09/21/1974 - 11/24/1974; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, 12/01/1974 - 02/28/1975; Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 03/01/1975 - 04/20/1975
  • Old Master Drawings from American Collections, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 04/29/1976 - 06/13/1976
  • A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions of Prints and Drawings from 1480 to 1940, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/25/2000 - 07/02/2000
  • Le "Paradis" de Tintoret: Un concours pour le palais des Doges, Musée du Louvre, Paris Cedex 01, 02/08/2006 - 05/08/2006
  • HAA 10 Survey Course (S421): The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance (Fall 08 Rotation 2), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/23/2008 - 11/16/2008
  • HAA 10 Survey Course (S421): The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance (Fall 09 Rotation 2), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 10/16/2009 - 11/08/2009
  • HAA 10 Survey Course (S421): The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance (Fall 10 Rotation 2), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 10/15/2010 - 11/06/2010
  • 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/09/2015 - 03/02/2016

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