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Young Woman in blue Gown with Feather
Young Woman in blue Gown with Feather is an oil painting by the High Renaissance artist Palma Vecchio. It dates from 1513 and is held in the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum.
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Technique & Style
The modest scale and intimate format are consistent with a devotional or portrait-type religious image rather than a large altarpiece.
The work is executed in oil paint on a support measuring 63.5 cm in height by 51 cm in width. Its classification as a painting and its religious genre designation frame the formal character of the piece, while the medium of oil paint allowed for the layered handling typical of Venetian practice of the period. Stylistically, the composition centers on a female figure dressed in a gown, with the inclusion of a feather as a defining attribute of the sitter's presentation.
The modest scale and intimate format are consistent with a devotional or portrait-type religious image rather than a large altarpiece.
The painting is held in the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, having passed through the holdings of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria and Bartolomeo della Nave prior to its present institutional ownership.
History & Provenance
Young Woman in blue Gown with Feather was painted by Palma Vecchio in 1513, executed in oil paint as a religious genre work. The painting, measuring 63.5 by 51 cm, passed through the collection of Bartolomeo della Nave before entering the holdings of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria. It is now held by the Kunsthistorisches Museum, where it remains part of the permanent collection.
Overview
Palma il Vecchio, a Venetian painter active during the Italian High Renaissance, completed the oil painting Young Woman in Blue Gown with Feather in 1513. The work is part of the Kunsthistorisches Museum’s collection and is classified among the artist’s religious subjects, though its composition centers on a single female figure.
Subject & Meaning
The canvas presents a young woman with light brown hair gathered back, dressed in a dark blue gown trimmed with a white collar and a contrasting green sleeve. Her right hand rests lightly on her chest while the left hand grasps a small, unidentified object, suggesting a contemplative or devotional pose.
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Artist
Palma Vecchio (c. 1480 – 30 July 1528), born Jacopo Palma, also known as Jacopo Negretti, was a Venetian painter of the Italian High Renaissance. He is called Palma Vecchio in English and Palma il Vecchio in Italian…
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