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| Keywords: The Virgin and Child with Saints and a Donor by Palma Vecchio.jpeg Artwork Creator Palma il Vecchio The Sacra conversazione is a composition in which the Virgin and Child are surrounded by saints of different historical eras and on occasions by donors as in the present example The kneeling figure leaning towards the Virgin who draws the Christ Child ™s attention to him has been tentatively identified as Francesco Priuli Priuli was one of Palma Vecchio ™s patrons in Venice and was Procurator of the Republic in 1522 ca 1518-1520 Oil on panel langswitch übertragen auf transferred to canvas cm 105 136 Institution Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza object history This painting has been identified as the one mentioned by Francesco Sansovino in his guide to Venice published in 1581 entitled Venezia Città Nobilissima in the section on the palazzo Priuli In the 17th century it would appear that Marina Priuli gave the painting to the Venetian Senate according to information published by Marco Boschini in 1664 in another guidebook on the city ™s paintings In 1656 she wrote her will mentioning the intended destination of the painting which was given to the Senate following her death in 1661 The painting was hung over one of the doors in the Hall of the Council of Ten In 1808 it belonged to Napoleon ™s stepson Eugène de Beauharnais and is recorded in an inventory of that year The painting passed through various generations of the family among them the Duke of Leuchtenberg in his collection at St Petersburg until it was acquired for the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection exhibition history credit line accession number 309 1934 36 http //www museothyssen org/en/thyssen/ficha_obra/246 PD-old-100 Palma il Vecchio Italian paintings in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum Madrid 16th-century paintings in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum Sacra Conversazione 16th-century paintings of Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John Paintings of Christian saints holding the martyr's palm Paintings of John the Baptist holding a cross | ||||
