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    AFTER FRA BARTOLOMEO (1475-1517)

    St Paul

    c.1853-76

    Albumen print | 25.2 x 12.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851558

    A photograph of a cartoon by Fra Bartolommeo which is now in the Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi, Florence (inv. no.1782E). The photographed cartoon is thought to be related to a painting by the master depicting Saint Paul now in the Palazzi Vaticani, Vatican City. A photograph of another cartoon by Fra Bartolommeo for the accompanying figure of Saint Peter at RCIN 851557.

    • Creator(s)

      After Fra Bartolomeo (1475-1517) (artist)

      Subject(s)

      Saint Paul

    • 25.2 x 12.6 cm (sheet of paper)

    • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

    • Subject(s)
      • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
        • Art
          • Drawings
            • Cartoons
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
    • Bibliographic reference(s)

      Fischer 1986 : Disegni di Fra Bartolommeo e della sua scuola : catalogo a cura di Chris Fischer, 1986 (Gabinetto disegni e stampe degli Uffizi : 66) pp.129-30, no.76

      Inventario Uffizi. Disegni Esposti II 1987 : Disegni esposti, vol. 2, 1987 / a cura di Annamaria Petrioli Tofani, Florence (Gabinetto disegni e stampe degli Uffizi) p.731-2, no.1781E

      Henry/Joannides 2012 : Late Raphael, 2012. Edited by T. Henry and P. Joannides pp.43-44

      Other number(s)

      Ruland p.117 B.XVI.2

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