PALMA, dmcyo, called 11 Vecchio (the elder le.14s0-152S). A Venetian painter of the High Renaissance. He was born at Serivalta, near Ber gamo. about 14S0, and studied principally under Giovanni Bellini, but there is a latitude in his art method that indicates the sueucs-iVo domi nance of several artists. His works call to mind the style and technique of PCIlinis as may Ire seen in the "Tobias and the Angel" in Stuttgart. His second manner reflects the in fluence of Giorgione and Titian. and is charac terized by rich coloring and brilliant lighting, combined with masterly breadth of treatment. Like his great contemporaries, he achieved ideal ism through the perfection of nature. The finest example of this period is the altar-piece of Saint Barbara in the Church of Santa :Maria For sa, Venice. The figure of the saint is one of the most beautiful female forms in Venetian art. His later works, cast in a lower key and executed with less care. eon stitute his third (blonde) manner. The "Three Sisters," Dresden, is typical of this class.
Palma was a prolific painter, and at the time of his death, which (recurred at Venice, August. 18, 1528, no fewer than forty unfinished works remained. Among his works the foliowing mar be selected a: characteristic: "Adam and Eve,” Brunswick: "The Virgin Enthroned," altar-piece at Zermatt, near Treviso: "Saint Peter En throned" and "Healing of the Widow's Sou." in the Academy. Venice. To the best period are assigned "The Adoration of the Shepherds," in the Louvre: "Sleeting of ,Jacob and Rachel," Dresden (lallery; "Saint Peter Presenting a Worshiper to the Infant Christ." Colonna l'al ace, Rome; "The Madonna and Child Adored by Saints:" and a number of female portraits in the Vienna Museum. Consult: Crowe and Caval easelle, History of Painting in North Italy (2d. ed.. London. 1871) : Rosenberg, in Dame, Kun.st und Kiinstler ltuIlsuts, iii. ( Leipzig, 1s79) Dalian Masters in German ries (London, 1SS3) Locatelli, Notizie inform. a Giacomo Palma (Bergamo, 1S90).