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Saints

Saints

AFTER FRA BARTOLOMEO (1475-1517)

St Peter

c.1853-76

Albumen print | 25.0 x 12.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851557

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 Peter now in the Palazzi Vaticani, Vatican City (inv. no.356). It is generally thought that the painting was begun by Fra Bartolommeo and completed by Raphael. A photograph of another cartoon by Fra Bartolommeo for the accompanying figure of Saint Paul at RCIN 851558.
  • Creator(s)

    After Fra Bartolomeo (1475-1517) (artist)

  • 25.0 x 12.4 cm (sheet of paper)

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

  • Subject(s)
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Art
        • Drawings
          • Cartoons
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    pp.128-9, no.75 (Fischer 1986 : Disegni di Fra Bartolommeo e della sua scuola : catalogo a cura di Chris Fischer, 1986 (Gabinetto disegni e stampe degli Uffizi : 66))

    p.732-3, no.1782E (Inventario Uffizi. Disegni Esposti II 1987 : Disegni esposti, vol. 2, 1987 / a cura di Annamaria Petrioli Tofani, Florence (Gabinetto disegni e stampe degli Uffizi) )

    pp.43-44, fig.23 (Henry/Joannides 2012 : Late Raphael, 2012. Edited by T. Henry and P. Joannides)