Lamentation Over the Dead Christ

late 1580s

Jacopo Palma

Italian, 1544-1628

Oil on canvas

61 1/2 x 89 1/8 in.

Samuel H. Kress Collection

61.163

Provenance: Casa Grimani, Venice, Italy; purchased from Grimani by Marc'Antonio Hercolani (1709-1772) or Filippo Hercolani (1736-1810) in 1762; by inheritance to Astorre Hercolani (1779-1828), Bologna; sold on April 28, 1836 probably to (Sir John Charles Robinson, 1824-1913) [1]; Sir Frederick Lucas Cook (1844-1920), 2nd Bart., Doughty House, Richmond, Surrey, England; by inheritance to Sir Herbert Frederick Cook, 3rd Bart. (1868-1939), Doughty House, Richmond, Surrey, by 1913 (published catalogue, T. Borenius, vol. I, 1913, no. 186, as Palma Giovane; M.W. Brockwell, 1932, p. 32, as Palma Giovane); [Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi (1878-1955), Rome and Florence]; purchased from Contini Bonacossi by Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York, March 10, 1949; Seattle Art Museum, since 1954, accessioned 1961 [1] Information provided by the National Gallery of Art: From the Hercolani Archive, Bologna, b.16. The Hercolani Archive is still privately owned by the family in Bologna. According to the Archive, the painting was valued at 150 liras by Petroni and 120 liras by Guizzardi. The painting is mentioned as part of the Hercolani Collection in the 1774 volume by L. Crespi, "Descrizione delle scoture et architetture della citta e sobborghi de Pescia e della Toscana."

Photo: Paul Macapia

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Wash., Seattle Art Museum, European Paintings and Sculpture from the Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1954. Text by Suida, William and Richard Fuller. p. 56, reproduced p. 57.

Published ReferencesIshikawa, Chiyo. The Samuel H. Kress Collection at the Seattle Art Museum. Seattle, Wash.: Seattle Art Museum, 1997; fig. 21, pp. 37-39.

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