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Saint Helena Altarpiece

Painting by Jacopo Palma il Vecchio

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The Saint Helena Altarpiece is a three-panelled oil on panel painting by Jacopo Palma il Vecchio, created c. 1524–1525, now in the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan.^[1]

From left to right it depicts Saint Roch, emperor Constantine the Great, the True Cross, Constantine's mother Saint Helena and Saint Sebastian.^[2]

References

^ "Catalogue entry".
^ Giovanni Mariacher, "Palma il Vecchio", in I pittori bergamaschi-Il Cinquecento, I, Bergamo, Poligrafiche Bolis, 1975 (Italian)

Palma Vecchio

Paintings

Religious	Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and Saint Mary Magdalene (1508–1512) Assumption of the Virgin (c. 1513) San Giacomo Altarpiece (1515) Adoration of the Shepherds with Saint Roch (1514–1515) Presentation of the Virgin Altarpiece (c. 1515–1517) Madonna and Child with Saints Bergamo, c. 1520) (Genoa, c. 1520–1522 Salvator Mundi (c. 1518–1522) Madonna and Child with Donors (c. 1525) Adoration of the Shepherds with a Donor (c. 1520–1525) Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Catherine (c. 1520–1525) Saint Helena Altarpiece (c. 1524–1525) Polyptych of Saint Barbara (c. 1523–1524) Adoration of the Magi with Saint Helena (c. 1525–1526) Judith (1525–1528) The Martyrdom of Saint Peter Martyr (1526–1528)
Secular	Nymph in a Landscape (c. 1518–1520) Portrait of a Young Woman Known as "La Bella" (c. 1518–1520) Portrait of a Courtesan (c. 1520) A Blonde Woman (c. 1520) Storm at Sea (c. 1528)

Religious

Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and Saint Mary Magdalene (1508–1512)
Assumption of the Virgin (c. 1513)
San Giacomo Altarpiece (1515)
Adoration of the Shepherds with Saint Roch (1514–1515)
Presentation of the Virgin Altarpiece (c. 1515–1517)
Madonna and Child with Saints
- Bergamo, c. 1520)
- (Genoa, c. 1520–1522
Salvator Mundi (c. 1518–1522)
Madonna and Child with Donors (c. 1525)
Adoration of the Shepherds with a Donor (c. 1520–1525)
Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Catherine (c. 1520–1525)
Saint Helena Altarpiece (c. 1524–1525)
Polyptych of Saint Barbara (c. 1523–1524)
Adoration of the Magi with Saint Helena (c. 1525–1526)
Judith (1525–1528)
The Martyrdom of Saint Peter Martyr (1526–1528)