Art Institute of Chicago

Virgin and Child with Saints Thomas and John the Baptist (recto); Sleeping Venus (verso)

Jacopo Negretti, called Palma Giovane

17th century (recto); 16th or 17th century (verso)

Attribution

Recto After Jacopo Negretti, called Palma il Giovane (Italian, c. 1548-1628) Verso After Giorgio da Castelfranco, called Giorgione (Italian, 1477/78-1510)

Medium

Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, with traces of graphite, with later additions of yellow-gray wash along right side (recto), and pen and brown ink (verso) on ivory laid paper

Physical dimensions

26.2 × 18.1 cm (10 3/8 × 7 3/16 in.)

Credit line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection