Thursday, October 17, 2019

Marco Palmezzano (ca. 1460-1539) - Forlì

Marco Palmezzano
Annunciation
ca. 1495-97
oil on panel
Pinacoteca Civica, Forlì

Marco Palmezzano
Annunciation (detail)
ca. 1495-97
oil on panel
Pinacoteca Civica, Forlì

Marco Palmezzano
Holy Family with St John the Baptist and Mary Magdalen
ca. 1495-96
oil on panel
Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

Marco Palmezzano
Head of St John the Baptist
1495
oil on panel
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan

Marco Palmezzano
Coronation of the Virgin
with St Benedict and St Francis
ca. 1494-96
oil on panel
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan

"Overshadowed by its Venetian and Tuscan neighbours, the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy nevertheless produced some wonderful artists such as Palmezzano who, arguably, have not received enough attention.  Marco was one of the most successful painters of his time in his native Forlì, focusing on large altarpieces, as well as smaller images for more personal devotion.  He did not fall under the spell of Raphael and his followers but instead, after training with Melozzo da Forlì, continued to adhere to the idiom of late-quattrocento Venice and in particular the work of Cima da Conegliano and Giovanni Bellini."

– adapted from catalogue notes published by Sotheby's (2018) 

Marco Palmezzano
Madonna and Child enthroned
with St John the Baptist, St Peter, St Dominic, and Mary Magdalen
1493
oil on panel
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan

Marco Palmezzano
Matelica Altarpiece
Madonna and Child enthroned
with St Francis and St Catherine of Alexandria
1501
oil on panel
Chiesa di San Francesco, Matelica

Marco Palmezzano
Ostoli Altarpiece
St Anthony Abbot enthroned
with St John the Baptist and St Sebastian
ca. 1496-97
oil on panel
Pinacoteca Civica, Forlì

Marco Palmezzano
Dead Christ supported by Angels
1510
oil on panel
Musée du Louvre

Marco Palmezzano
Denti Altarpiece
Madonna and Child enthroned
with St Bartholomew and St Anthony of Padua
1513
oil on panel
Pinacoteca Civica, Forlì

Marco Palmezzano
St Helena with the True Cross
1516
oil on panel
Pinacoteca Civica, Forlì

Marco Palmezzano
Adoration of the Shepherds
1520
oil on panel
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan

Marco Palmezzano
Holy Family with St John the Baptist and St Catherine of Alexandria
1521
tempera and oil on panel
Brooklyn Museum

Marco Palmezzano
Christ carrying the Cross
ca. 1535
oil on panel
Temple Newsam House, Leeds

Marco Palmezzano
St Roch
before 1539
oil on panel
Cattedrale di Forlì