Studies for Four Figures (recto); Composition Sketches for Groupings of Figures on Clouds (verso)
This expressive sheet by Jacopo Palma the Younger,
a younger contemporary of Tintoretto in Venice, includes, at upper right, a powerful study for Christ
the Redeemer and, at lower left, three figures wrestling. The latter group was drawn after a replica of Michelangelo’s (1475–1564) lost model for a statue
of Samson and two Philistines, which had been intended as a pendant to the master’s great marble David (1501–4) on the Piazza della Signoria, in Florence, but was never executed. Palma’s sketchy,
bold brushwork and use of white highlights are hallmarks of Venetian draftsmanship from this period.
Artwork Details
- Title: Studies for Four Figures (recto); Composition Sketches for Groupings of Figures on Clouds (verso)
- Artist: Jacopo Palma the Younger (Italian, Venice ca. 1548–1628 Venice)
- Date: 1600–14
- Medium: Brush with brown and white oil paint, over black chalk (recto); black chalk and charcoal (verso)
- Dimensions: 16 x 10-5/16 in. (40.6 x 26.1 cm) maximum; irregular borders
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Purchase, Florence B. Selden Bequest, 1998
- Object Number: 1998.32a, b
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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