Reclining Woman in a Landscape
Maker
(Artists)
ca. 1479-1528 (Life dates)
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)
Accession Number
P.1978.PG.305
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Location
On display
Keywords
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.
Provenance
Princes Gate Bequest 1978
Exhibition History
Summer Showcase - Unfinished, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/06/2015-20/09/2015
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : signed : lower right & recto, on a cartellino on the tree trunk : : (?) ... PALMA.P
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