Originally presented as the author's doctoral thesis at King's College, Cambridge in 1981. This is the English edition of "Palma Il Vecchio: L'opera completa" (Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1988). Following the introductory texts (critical legacy, documents and documented paintings excluding altarpiecs, altarpieces, sacra conversazione, and portraits), the catalogue raisonné is divided into sections covering authentic paintings, authentic drawings, attributed works, and lost paintings. There is a register of documents, a genealogy of the artist's family, name and place indices, and bibliography.