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''Storm at Sea'' or ''Saints Mark, George and Nicholas Freeing Venice from Demons'' is a c. 1528 oil on canvas painting by
''Storm at Sea'' or ''Saints Mark, George and Nicholas Freeing Venice from Demons'' is a c. 1528 oil on canvas painting by Palma Vecchio
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 ("Palma the Elder") to di ...
, now in the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...
. Giovanni Mariacher, 'Palma il Vecchio', in ''I pittori bergamaschi-Il Cinquecento, I, Bergamo'', Poligrafiche Bolis, 1975, p. 214-215. It was partly completed in 1535 by Paris Bordon
Paris Bordone (Paris Paschalinus Bordone; 5 July 1500 – 19 January 1571) was an Italian painter of the Venetian Renaissance who, despite training with Titian, maintained a strand of Mannerist complexity and provincial vigor.
Biography
Bord ...
after Palma's death.
History
It was commissioned for the sala dell'Albergo in thescuola Grande di San Marco
The Scuola Grande di San Marco is a building in Venice, Italy, designed by the well-known Venetian architects Pietro Lombardo, Mauro Codussi, and Bartolomeo Bon. It was originally the home to one of the Scuole Grandi of Venice, or six major conf ...
, forming part of a cycle of paintings on the life of Saint Mark
Mark the Evangelist ( la, Marcus; grc-gre, Μᾶρκος, Mârkos; arc, ܡܪܩܘܣ, translit=Marqōs; Ge'ez: ማርቆስ; ), also known as Saint Mark, is the person who is traditionally ascribed to be the author of the Gospel of Mark. Accor ...
, Venice's patron saint, commissioned by the rectors of the congregation from various artists.
It was initially commissioned from Giovanni Mansueti, but it was transferred to Palma after Mansueti's death in 1527 - Palma was a member of the scuola from 1513 to 1528. Giorgio Vasari misattributed it to Giorgione, but later attributed it to Palma, though he probably left it unfinished on his death, with Bordon painting the boat.
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* {{16C-painting-stub Maritime paintings Paintings in the Gallerie dell'Accademia 1528 paintings Paintings by Palma Vecchio Paintings depicting Mark the Evangelist Nude art