Saturday, May 18, 2019

Palma Giovane (1548-1628) - Figure Drawings

Palma il Giovane
Figures in a Landscape
ca. 1600
drawing
National Gallery of Canada

Palma il Giovane
Studies of Four Figures
ca. 1600-1614
drawing
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Palma il Giovane
Figure-studies
ca. 1580-1600
drawing
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
(Achenbach Foundation)

Palma il Giovane
Figure-studies
before 1628
drawing
British Museum

Palma il Giovane
Half-length Figure
before 1628
drawing
National Gallery of Canada

Palma il Giovane
Half-length Figure
before 1628
drawing
Princeton University Art Museum

from Richard II

I have been studying how to compare
This prison where I live unto the world,
And for because the world is populous
And here is not a creature but myself,
I cannot do it – yet I'll hammer it out.
My brain I'll prove the female to my soul,
My soul the father, and these two beget
A generation of still breeding thoughts;
And these same thoughts people this little world,
In humors like the people of this world,
For no thought is contented.

– William Shakespeare (1595-96)

attributed to Palma il Giovane
Figure-study
before 1628
drawing
Minneapolis Institute of Art

attributed to Palma il Giovane
Figure-study
before 1628
drawing
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Palma il Giovane
Figure-studies
ca. 1580-1600
drawing
Museo del Prado, Madrid

Palma il Giovane
Figure-studies and Grotesque Mask
before 1628
drawing
Morgan Library, New York

Palma il Giovane
Figure-studies and Study of Antique Torso
before 1628
drawing
Teylers Museum, Haarlem

Palma il Giovane
Figure-study
before 1628
drawing
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Palma il Giovane
Figure-study
before 1628
drawing
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Palma il Giovane
Man lying on his back with raised feet
before 1628
drawing
Morgan Library, New York