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Rest on the Flight to Egypt

Rest on the Flight to Egypt

Draughtsman: Palma Giovane (Jacopo Negretti) (in circa 1565-1628)

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Title Rest on the Flight to Egypt
Material and technique Brown wash, brush and brown ink
Object type
Drawing > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Location This object is in storage
Dimensions Height 235 mm
Width 331 mm
Artists Draughtsman: Palma Giovane (Jacopo Negretti)
Accession number I 393 (PK)
Credits Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs collection), 1940
Department Drawings & Prints
Acquisition date 1940
Creation date in circa 1565-1628
Inscriptions ‘47’ (upper right, pen and brown ink), ‘Holy Family 60 Palma Giovane Venetian’ (verso, upper centre, pencil), ‘78’ (verso, upper centre, pencil), ‘Rembrant’ (verso, centre left, pen and brown ink), ’30 [encircled]’ (verso, upper right, pencil), ‘81351’ (verso, stamp in black ink).
Collector Collector / Franz Koenigs
Provenance Art dealer Julius W. Böhler (1883-1966), Lucerne; Franz W. Koenigs (1881-1941, L.1023a), Haarlem, acquired in 1929 (attributed to Palma Giovane); D.G. van Beuningen (1877-1955), Rotterdam, acquired with the Koenigs Collection in 1940 and donated to Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Research Show research Italian Drawings 1400-1600
Material
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Technique
Brown wash > Washing > Wash > Drawing technique > Technique > Material and technique
Geographical origin Italy > Southern Europe > Europe
Place of manufacture Venice > Veneto region > Italy > Southern Europe > Europe

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Entry catalogue Italian Drawings 1400-1600

Author: Esmé van der Krieke

This drawing shows the Holy Family resting in a landscape. From the rough brushstrokes and hatching, as well as the unfinished details, the scene appears to have been swiftly set down on the sheet. Franz Koenigs attributed it to the Venetian artist Palma Giovane,[1] since when the drawing has remained unpublished.

Similar swift pen strokes can be seen in Palma’s drawings in New York[2] and Paris.[3] The Virgin’s pointed nose and the Christ Child’s chubby body also correspond to some extent. At the same time, however, this comparison reveals that in his studies Palma had more of an eye for detail and composition than appears in our drawing. The relationships between the figures he depicts are better connected, his landscapes are executed with greater finesse, and he used much less coarse hatching. An attribution to the artist himself is therefore not plausible. It is more likely that the drawing was made by an anonymous maker in the circle of Palma Giovane.

Footnotes

[1] Lütjens c.1928-35: ‘PALMA Giovane – zugeschrieben’.

[2] Morgan Library & Museum, inv. 1982.47.

[3] Musée du Louvre, inv. 5158.

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Palma Giovane (Jacopo Negretti)

Venetië 1548/1550 - Venetië 1628

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