Sketch for a Baptism of Christ

Jacopo Palma il Giovane

Associated Names
Jacopo Palma il Giovane

Artist, Venetian, 1544 or 1548 - 1628

This is a drawing featuring two robust figures interacting with a smaller figure in the foreground. The composition shows two figures, partially draped in cloth, engaged in an animated exchange. The figure on the left is in a dynamic pose, elevated on their toes with their torso leaning slightly forward. The figure on the right stands with an assertive stance, holding a circular object aloft. A smaller figure in the bottom right corner is kneeling or seated, observing the scene over their shoulder. The scene is rendered with flowing lines and soft brown tones, emphasizing the muscular forms and expressions of the figures. The neutral background highlights the figures' forms and actions.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown wash (heightened with white?) on brown washed laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 20.1 x 16.7 cm (7 15/16 x 6 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.20.10

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Princes of Liechtenstein, Vienna (Lugt 4398); purchased 20 April 1948 through (Walter Felichenfeldt, Zurich) by Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA;[1] gift to NGA in 1950.
[1] Rosenwald describes the acquisitions from Liechtenstein in Recollections of a Collector, 1976, p. 46-47.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1950

  • Rosenwald Collection: An Exhibition of Recent Accessions of Prints and Drawings, NGA, 1950, no. 64.

Bibliography

1944

  • Tietze, Hans, and Erika Tietze-Conrat. The Drawings of the Venetian Painters in the 15th and 16th Centuries. New York, 1944: 224, no. 1221.

1966

  • Zeichnungen alter Meister aus Deutschem Privatbesitz. Exh. cat. Kunsthalle Bremen, 1966: 12, under no. 16.

1992

  • Birke, Veronika, and Kertész, Janine. Die italienischen Zeichnungen der Albertina. Vienna, 1994, 2: 895, under inv. no. 1688.

Inscriptions

upper right in brown ink: 24

Wikidata ID

Q64580062

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