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Jacopo Palma, called Palma il Giovane

(Italian, ca. 1548–1628)

St. Christopher, and studies for the Assumption of St. Catherine and the Baptism of St. Catherine

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Object Details

Artist

Jacopo Palma, called Palma il Giovane

Date

ca. 1613

Medium

Double-sided drawing: brown ink and wash on paper

Dimensions

Image: 13 7/8 x 8 5/8 inches (35.3 x 21.9 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired through the Herbert F. Johnson, Class of 1922, Endowment

Object
Number

81.070.001

According to legend, Christopher offered service by carrying people across a swiftly flowing stream.(…)

According to legend, Christopher offered service by carrying people across a swiftly flowing stream. One day, he was carrying a child who seemed to increase in weight until Christopher felt he was carrying the weight of the world. The child identified himself as Jesus.

Here, Palma depicts Christopher’s effort through a bending of the saint’s back and a twist of his torso that combine the grace of the Venetian style with lessons learned from Michelangelo’s powerful Sistine Chapel frescoes during his time in Rome. Related surviving drawings indicate that St. Christopher’s pose was derived from study of a nude male model.

(“Undressed: The Nude in Context, 1500-1750,” text by Andrew C. Weislogel and presented at the Johnson Museum February 9-June 16, 2019)

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