Reclining Woman in a Landscape

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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)

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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