The Coronation of the Virgin

1585/1594

Jacopo Palma il Giovane

Associated Names
Jacopo Palma il Giovane

Artist, Venetian, 1544 or 1548 - 1628

This is a drawing of a celestial scene. The image shows several figures surrounded by clouds and light, with a larger figure in the center being crowned by two others. The figures have different postures, some standing, others sitting or reclining among swirling clouds. The composition creates a dynamic and harmonious arrangement, with movement directed towards the central figures. The style of the drawing features intricate lines, detailed shading, and themes of divinity and ethereality commonly seen in religious artwork.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink and some gray ink with brown wash over charcoal on brown prepared oatmeal paper, heightened with white

  • Credit Line

    Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 29.5 × 27.6 cm (11 5/8 × 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2007.111.139

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Herman Walter de Zoete; (sale, Christie's London, 6 December 1972, no. 40); Herbert List, Munich; Ursula and Adolf Ratjen, Vaduz, for Wolfgang Ratjen; Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1977

  • Stiftung Ratjen. Italienische Zeichnungen des 16. - 18. Jahrhunderts. Graphische Sammlung, Munich; Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin; Kunsthalle, Hamburg; Kunstmuseum, Dusseldorf; Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart. Munich, 1977, 70, no. 29 (entry by Richard Harprath).

1979

  • Zeichnungen italienischer Meister aus den Sammlungen Schloss Fachsenfeld, Stiftung Ratjen Vaduz, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München. Kunstmuseum Lucerne, 1979, 50, no. 76.

2011

  • Italian Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1525-1835, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2011, no. 17.

2014

  • The Poetry of Light - La poesia della luce: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Museo Correr, Venice, Venice, 2014 - 2015, no. 31.

2018

  • Drawing in Tintoretto's Venice, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2018 - 2019, no. 74 (fig. 163), repro.

Bibliography

1977

  • Stiftung Ratjen. Italienische Zeichnungen des 16. - 18. Jahrhunderts. Munich, 1977: 70-71.

1984

  • Mason Rinaldi, Stefania. Palma il Giovane, L'opera completa. Milan, 1984: 160 (under D 127) 188, 264 fig. 197 (wrongly captioned as belonging to the Hermitage, Leningrad).

  • Fischer, Chris. Italian Drawings in The J. F. Willumsen Collection. The J. F. Willumsen Museum, Frederikssund, 1984: 24, under cat. no. 7.

2001

  • Rearick, William R. Il disegno veneziano del Cinquecento. Milan, 2001: 187, 232, note 294, fig. 98.

2011

  • Italian Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection 1525-1835. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2011: 48-49.

2018

  • Marciari, John.Drawing in Tintoretto's Venice. Exh. cat. Morgan Library & Museum, New York; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2018-2019: 198, no. 74 (fig. 163)

Wikidata ID

Q64580075

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