Jacopo Negretti, Palma il Giovane (Venice circa 1548-1628)
Jacopo Negretti, Palma il Giovane (Venice circa 1548-1628)

Venus discovering the dead Adonis

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Jacopo Negretti, Palma il Giovane (Venice circa 1548-1628)
Venus discovering the dead Adonis
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, white heightening, traces of oil paint (at the lower edge), on light brown paper, unframed
7 5/8 x 11 3/8 in. (19.5 x 29 cm.); and a drawing of A female figure, attributed to Palma Giovane (2)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Rome, 5 May 1986, lot 478.

Lot Essay

We are grateful to Professor Stefania Mason Rinaldi for confirming the attribution of Venus and Adonis on the basis of a photograph, and for suggesting that it dates from the late phase of the artist's career.

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