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Unknown Paintings by Pace Pace in Dalmatia and a Proposal for Gabriele Caliari

To the rather meagre catalogue of Pace Pace, four new paintings could be added. They were made for the Franciscan church Gospa od Anđela (Our Lady of Angels) that is situated on the slope of the Sveti Ilija (St Elias) mountain and above the small town of Orebić on the Dalmatian peninsula of Pelješac (Sabioncello). The altarpiece representing the Assumption of the Virgin (216 × 123 cm) was first mentioned in 1769 by the Friar Ivan Grizostom Klešković who described it as an old painting by an unknown but very skilled painter. In 1970 it was attributed to Maffeo Verona (Verona, c. 1576 – Venice, 1618) by Cvito Fisković who credited the same author also for the smaller panels representing Saint Francis, Saint Peter, Saint Anthony of Padua, Franciscan Saint with the Donor, Saint Claire and some other. Finally, in 2009 Timothy Clifford attributed it to Pietro Malombra (Venice, 1556–1618). The specific and recurrent typology of the figures, their less then perfect anatomy and rigid gestures, the stylised drapery, but above all the strong, vibrant palette relying on pinks, yellows, crisp greens and azures, tie the Assumption of the Virgin to the known works by Pace Pace, especially to the altarpiece in Santa Maria dei Carmini.

painting; 16th century; Venice; Orebić; Pace Pace; Gabriele Caliari

Iako sam u nekoliko navrata na znanstvenim skupovima (Dani Cvite Fiskovića i skup posvećen 100 obljetnici rođenja Grge Gamulina) sliku iz venecijanske crkve San Francesco della Vigna dala Pace Paceu, njezina me je iznimna kvaliteta ponukala da je u ovom članku hipotetično približim Gabrieleu Caliariu. No, ipak je riječ o djelu Pace Pace-a, što namjervam ispraviti u jednom od idućih članaka.