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Jacopo Palma il Giovane: Präsentation im Tempel, 1623, Feder in Braun über schwarzer Kreide, braun laviert, weiß gehöht (teilweise oxidiert), auf hellbraunem Papier, 136 x 210 mm. Inv. Nr. 1946,0713.386, British Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings, London

Jacopo Palma il Giovane: Christus auf dem Weg nach Emmaus, 1623, Feder in Braun, braun laviert, weiß gehöht (oxidiert), auf grauem Papier, 130 x 198 mm. Inv. Nr. 1946,0713.391, British Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings, London

Jacopo Palma il Giovane: Geburt Mariens, 1623, Feder in Braun über schwarzer Kreide, braun laviert, weiß gehöht (teilweise oxidiert), auf hellbraunem Papier, 132 x 190 mm. Inv. Nr. 1946,0713.392, British Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings, London

Jacopo Palma il Giovane: Heimsuchung, 1923 (?), Feder in Braun, braun laviert, auf grauem Papier, 124 x 195 mm. Inv. Nr. 1946,0713.393, British Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings, London

Jacopo Palma il Giovane: Gefangennahme Christi, 1623, Feder in Braun über schwarzer Kreide, braun laviert, weiß gehöht (oxidiert), auf hellbraunem Papier, 186 x 249 mm. Inv. Nr. 1946,0713.436, British Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings, London

Jacopo Palma il Giovane: Noli me tangere, 1623. Inv. Nr. KdZ 16810, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin

Jacopo Palma il Giovane: Heilung des Blinden, 1623. Bick Collection, Sarasota

Jacopo Palma il Giovane: Christus in Emmaus, 1623, Feder in Braun braun laviert, weiß gehöht, auf grauem Papier, 145 x 195 mm. Inv. Nr. NM 1474/1863, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Jacopo Palma il Giovane

Christus und die Ehebrecherin, 1623

Blatt: 136 x 214 mm

Inventory Number: 4231

Status: Can be presented in the study room of the Graphische Sammlung (special opening hours)

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About the Work

These three sheets inv. nos. 4229 Z to 4231 Z are part of a series of drawings executed in 1623. To this day, the extent of the series as well as its function have remained a mystery. Palma focussed chiefly on the figures, reducing the spatial setting to a minimum. On all three sheets, the bodies have been recorded with simple pen strokes which are frequently interrupted but confident nonetheless. The drawings are not likely to have been conceived either as studies for paintings or in preparation for an etching series. What remains is the impression that Palma intended to produce an independent cycle using the drawing medium.