Lot 147
  • 147

Giacomo Negretti, called Palma il Giovane

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Giacomo Negretti, called Palma Il Giovane
  • Portrait of a young lady, head and shoulders
  • oil on canvas

Provenance

Acquired by the present owner in Rome, October 1975.

Exhibited

Venice, Museo Correr, Palma il Giovane. 1548 - 1628. Disegni e Dipinti, 20 January-29 April 1990, no. 85.

Literature

S. Mason Rinaldi, 'Novità, Ritrovamenti e Restituzioni a Jacopo Palma il Giovanni', in Arte Veneta, vol. XXXVI, 1982, pp. 147-8, reproduced in reverse;
S. Mason Rinaldi, Palma il Giovane. L'Opera Completa, Milan 1984, pp. 106, 235, no. 246, reproduced figure 121;
S. Mason Rinaldi, Palma il Giovane. 1548 - 1628. Disegni e Dipinti, Milan 1990, exhibition catalogue, pp. 198-199, no. 85, reproduced.

Condition

The canvas is unlined. The paint surface is secure if a little abraded and under an old dirty varnish. Inspection under UV light reveals minor scattered older and more recent retouching work throughout. Offered in a wooden painted faux marble frame in fair condition.
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