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| Palma il Giovane St Sebastian before 1628 drawing Harvard Art Museums |
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| Palma il Giovane St Sebastian before 1628 oil on canvas Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich |
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| Palma il Giovane St Sebastian ca. 1590 oil on canvas Milwaukee Art Museum |
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| Palma il Giovane St Sebastian ca. 1623 oil on canvas Chiesa di San Nicolò Vescovo, Zanica |
from The Martyrdom of St Sebastian
Naked, as if for swimming, the martyr
Catches his death in a little flutter
Of plain arrows. A grotesque situation,
But priceless, and harmless to the nation.
Consider such pains 'crystalline': then fine art
Persists where most crystals accumulate.
History can be scraped clean of its old price,
Engrossed in the cold blood of sacrifice.
– Geoffrey Hill, For the Unfallen (Andre Deutsch, 1959)
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| Palma il Giovane Lamentation ca. 1610-20 drawing Warsaw University Library |
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| Palma il Giovane Lamentation before 1628 oil on canvas Christ Church, University of Oxford |
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| Palma il Giovane Lamentation 1620 oil on canvas Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich |
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| Palma il Giovane Lamentation ca. 1620 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| Palma il Giovane Pietà ca. 1570 drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| Palma il Giovane Pietà ca. 1611 oil on canvas Museo del Prado, Madrid |
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| Palma il Giovane Christ carried to the Tomb ca. 1607-1620 drawing National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| Palma il Giovane Entombment before 1628 drawing National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Palma il Giovane Entombment ca. 1590-95 drawing Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Palma il Giovane Dead Christ supported by Angels before 1628 drawing National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Palma il Giovane Dead Christ supported by Angels ca. 1600 oil on canvas Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest |
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| Palma il Giovane Christ in Chalice supported by Angels ca. 1620 drawing National Galleries of Scotland |
"Rejoice O my soul, and give thanks for so noble a gift, and so singular a comfort left to thee in this vale of tears. For as often as thou repeatest this mystery, and receivest the Body of Christ, so often dost thou celebrate the work of thy redemption, and art made partaker of all the merits of Christ. For the charity of Christ is never diminished, and the greatness of His propitiation is never exhausted."
– Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ (ca. 1420)