Jacopo Palma Vecchio

XVII-century engraving, supposedly a portrait of Palma Vecchio

Years of life:	1480 – 1528
Art Movement:	High Renaissance, Mannerism (Late Renaissance)
Painting School:	Venetian School

Genre:	Portrait , Religious
Country:	Italy
Century:	XVI

Short-lived artist, well-regarded painter of the greatest period of Venetian art, of the same generation as Titian. His less good grandnephew was Palma Giovane (1544–1628).

His high-quality pictures are well executed and decorative but have the misfortune to be emotionally empty (the fate of many artists who just fail to reach the first rank). Had great success with half-lengths of sumptuous blonds masquerading as goddesses and saints (high Venetian fashion of the day).

Jacopo Palma Vecchio’s major works are Portrait of a Poet, c. 1516 (London: National Gallery); A Blonde Woman, c. 1520 (London: National Gallery); Venus and Cupid, c. 1523–24 (Cambridge: Fitzwilliam Museum); Judith, 1525–28 (Florence: Galleria degli Uffizi).

References:

Robert Cumming. Art: complete encyclopedia. – 512 p. – Moscow: Astrel, 2005.

Artworks:

Portrait of a Poet

1516

Portrait of a Poet • 1516
Portrait of a Woman

1512 - 1514

Portrait of a Woman • 1512 - 1514
Portrait of a Woman

Portrait of a Woman
Portrait of a woman

between 1518 and 1520

Portrait of a woman • between 1518 and 1520
A Blonde Woman

1520

A Blonde Woman • 1520
Venus

1520

Venus • 1520
Virgin and Child with St John the Baptist and Mary Magdalene

1525

Virgin and Child with St John the Baptist and Mary Magdalene • 1525
Young Woman in Profile

between 1512 and 1514

Young Woman in Profile • between 1512 and 1514
Sacred conversation

1520/1522

Sacred conversation • 1520/1522
Young Woman in Green Dress

1512/1514

Young Woman in Green Dress • 1512/1514
Holy Family with Saints Catherine of Alexandria and John the Baptist

1525

Holy Family with Saints Catherine of Alexandria and John the Baptist • 1525
Portrait of Francesco Querini

between 1527 and 1528

Portrait of Francesco Querini • between 1527 and 1528
Portrait of a Young Man

Portrait of a Young Man
Polyptych of St Barbara

between 1524 and 1525

Polyptych of St Barbara • between 1524 and 1525
Christ and the adulteress

1525 - 1528

Christ and the adulteress • 1525 - 1528
Diana and Callisto

1525-1528

Diana and Callisto • 1525-1528
Assumption of the Virgin by Palma il Vecchio

1513

Assumption of the Virgin by Palma il Vecchio • 1513