Sunday, May 19, 2019

Palma Giovane (1548-1628) - Faces and Myths

Palma il Giovane
Heads of Andriana Palma (the artist's wife) and Diogenes the Cynic
1596
drawing
Art Institute of Chicago

Palma il Giovane
Portrait-head of a Man
before 1628
drawing
Harvard Art Museums

Palma il Giovane
Studies of Two Heads and a Left Hand
1608
drawing
Morgan Library, New York

Palma il Giovane
Self-portrait with Allegorical Figures of Virtue and Perseverance
ca. 1597
drawing
Morgan Library, New York

Palma il Giovane
Self-portrait
1606
drawing
Morgan Library, New York

from The Affliction (I)

Now I am here, what thou wilt do with me
     None of my books will show;
I read, and sigh, and wish I were a tree,
     For sure then I should grow
To fruit or shade, at least some bird would trust
Her household to me, and I should be just.

–  George Herbert (1633)

Palma il Giovane
Half-length Figures of Two Women
ca. 1587-93
drawing
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Palma il Giovane
Two Seated Women (one dressing the other's hair)
before 1628
drawing
Morgan Library, New York

Palma il Giovane
Mythological Scene

ca. 1600
drawing
Harvard Art Museums

Palma il Giovane
Hercules and Omphale
before 1628
drawing
Victoria & Albert Museum

Palma il Giovane
Venus and Adonis
ca. 1620
drawing
Minneapolis Institute of Art

Palma il Giovane
Prometheus and the Eagle
before 1628
drawing
National Galleries of Scotland

attributed to Palma il Giovane
Forge of Vulcan
before 1628
drawing
Minneapolis Institute of Art

Palma il Giovane
Allegorical Figures of Sculpture and Painting
ca. 1610
drawing
National Galleries of Scotland

Palma il Giovane
Allegorical Figures of Sculpture and Painting
1611
etching
Philadelphia Museum of Art