Rest on the Flight to Egypt

Draughtsman: Palma Giovane (Jacopo Negretti) (in circa 1565-1628)

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Title	Rest on the Flight to Egypt
Material and technique	Brown wash, brush and brown ink
Object type	Drawing > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Location	This object is in storage

Dimensions	Height 235 mm Width 331 mm
Artists	Draughtsman: Palma Giovane (Jacopo Negretti)
Accession number	I 393 (PK)
Credits	Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs collection), 1940
Department	Drawings & Prints
Acquisition date	1940
Creation date	in circa 1565-1628
Inscriptions	‘47’ (upper right, pen and brown ink), ‘Holy Family 60 Palma Giovane Venetian’ (verso, upper centre, pencil), ‘78’ (verso, upper centre, pencil), ‘Rembrant’ (verso, centre left, pen and brown ink), ’30 [encircled]’ (verso, upper right, pencil), ‘81351’ (verso, stamp in black ink).
Collector	Collector / Franz Koenigs
Provenance	Art dealer Julius W. Böhler (1883-1966), Lucerne; Franz W. Koenigs (1881-1941, L.1023a), Haarlem, acquired in 1929 (attributed to Palma Giovane); D.G. van Beuningen (1877-1955), Rotterdam, acquired with the Koenigs Collection in 1940 and donated to Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Research	Show research Italian Drawings 1400-1600
Material	Brown ink > Ink > Artist's material > Material > Material and technique Paintbrush > Artist's material > Material > Material and technique Paper > Vegetable material > Organic material > Material > Material and technique
Object	Drawing > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Technique	Brown wash > Washing > Wash > Drawing technique > Technique > Material and technique
Geographical origin	Italy > Southern Europe > Europe
Place of manufacture	Venice > Veneto region > Italy > Southern Europe > Europe

Entry catalogue Italian Drawings 1400-1600

Author: Esmé van der Krieke

This drawing shows the Holy Family resting in a landscape. From the rough brushstrokes and hatching, as well as the unfinished details, the scene appears to have been swiftly set down on the sheet. Franz Koenigs attributed it to the Venetian artist Palma Giovane,^[1]since when the drawing has remained unpublished.

Similar swift pen strokes can be seen in Palma’s drawings in New York^[2]and Paris.^[3]The Virgin’s pointed nose and the Christ Child’s chubby body also correspond to some extent. At the same time, however, this comparison reveals that in his studies Palma had more of an eye for detail and composition than appears in our drawing. The relationships between the figures he depicts are better connected, his landscapes are executed with greater finesse, and he used much less coarse hatching. An attribution to the artist himself is therefore not plausible. It is more likely that the drawing was made by an anonymous maker in the circle of Palma Giovane.

Footnotes

^[1]Lütjens c.1928-35: ‘PALMA Giovane – zugeschrieben’.

^[2]Morgan Library & Museum, inv. 1982.47.

^[3]Musée du Louvre, inv. 5158.

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