Christ in the company of the Apostles visiting a woman lying sick in bed

1623.
Not on display

As Gabriele Finaldi has suggested, the subject may be the curing of St. Peter´s mother-in-law, a miracle that took place in the presence of the Apostles. Another drawing by Palma dated 1623, Jehu putting to flight the false prophets of Baal, is in the Museu de Arte Antiga, Lisbon, and is identical in style to the Prado drawing.

Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracci. A century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Chicago, Art Services International, 2008, p.328

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Inventory number: D001696
Author: Young Palma (Jacopo Negretti)
Title: Christ in the company of the Apostles visiting a woman lying sick in bed
Date: 1623
Dimension: Height: 136 mm; Width: 181 mm
Provenance: Bequest of Pedro Fernández Durán y Bernaldo de Quirós, 1931

Bibliography +

Museo Nacional del Prado, Catálogo de dibujos. Dibujos italianos del siglo XVI (por Nicholas Turner, con la colaboración de José Manuel Matilla), V, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2004, pp. 328.

Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracci. A century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Art Services International, Chicago, 2008, pp. 328.