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AFTER FRA BARTOLOMEO (1475-1517)

Rocky landscape with monastery

1858

Albumen print? | RCIN 2864371

A photograph of a drawing depicting a landscape with a number of buildings, perhaps a monastery complex, attributed to Fra Bartolomeo now in the Albertina, Vienna (inv. no.270).

  • Creator(s)

    After Fra Bartolomeo (1475-1517) (artist)

    Attributed to Florence : Alinari (photographer)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Geography
      • Systematic geography
        • Landscapes
    • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
      • Botany
        • Systematic botany
          • Trees
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Architecture
        • Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
          • Monastic buildings
            • Monasteries
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
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