Pentecost

Details

Jacopo Negretti, Palma il Giovane (Venice ca. 1550-1628)
Pentecost
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash heightened with white on light brown paper
6 x 10 1/8 in. (15.3 x 25.8 cm)

Provenance

Pierre Crozat (1665-1740), Paris, his number '2623' (L. 3612);
Pierre-Jean Mariette (1694-1774), Paris, his mount and inscription 'JAC. PALMA/ Junior' (L. 1852).
A. Bourduge (19th Century) (L. 70).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 19 April 1996, lot 92.

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Lot Essay

Still preserved on its Mariette mount, this sheet may be preparatory to Palma's Pentecost known in two different versions (S. Mason Rinaldi, Palma il Giovane. L'opera completa, Milan, 1984, nos. 182-183, ill.).

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