[3] His stock has been rising somewhat in recent decades, as more attributions are removed from Giorgione and Titian and given to him; his "sheer painterly capacity" in the handling of paint and color is extremely fine.

He also painted religious pieces, in particular developing the sacra conversazione (the Virgin and Child with a group of saints and perhaps donors) in a horizontal form with a landscape background.

[2] Palma's mature work from the 1520's shows a "High Renaissance style, characterized by his mastery of contrapposto, the enrichment of his high-keyed palette and the development of a dignified and diverse repertory of ideal human types in conservative compositions.

"[2] Critical opinion is rather divided as whether the art from shortly before his sudden death was continuing to develop,[2] or had lost energy and direction.

[5] S. J. Freedberg sees his career as oscillating between the influences of Titian and other north and Central Italian trends, including Mannerism.

Famous works by Palma include a composition of six paintings in the Venetian church of Santa Maria Formosa, with St Barbara in the centre, under the dead Christ, and to right and left SS.