Reclining Woman in a Landscape
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Image: Courtauld
Image: Courtauld
Maker
ca. 1479-1528 (Life dates)
Title
Reclining Woman in a Landscape
Date of Production
c. 1520
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
Height: 77.5 cm (canvas)
Width: 152.7 cm (canvas)
Width: 152.7 cm (canvas)
Object Number
P.1978.PG.305
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Label Text
Representations of idealised semi-nude women in a landscape were popular in Renaissance Venice. One of the city’s leading painters, Palma Vecchio specialised in this type of imagery. This particular composition was highly successful and reused several times. The work on display, however, was never completed and appears in the inventory of Palma’s studio after his death. While the woman and the foreground are carefully modelled, the sky is barely sketched out and the rocky mount is a mere silhouette.
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : signed : lower right & recto, on a cartellino on the tree trunk : : (?) ... PALMA.P
Provenance
Princes Gate Bequest 1978
Exhibition History
Summer Showcase - Unfinished, Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/06/2015-20/09/2015
The Value of Art, Courtauld Gallery, London, 24/06/1999-30/08/1999
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