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    AFTER A WORK BY THE CIRCLE OF FRA BARTOLOMEO (1475-1517)

    A village on a river 

    c.1853-1876

    Albumen print | 8.5 x 9.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 854539

    A photograph of a drawing attributed to the circle of Fra Bartolomeo depicting a village on a river now in the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm (inv. no. NMH 276/1863).  Annotated on the verso.

    The online catalogue of the Nationalmuseum of Sweden (see Bibliographic References) notes that the attribution of this drawing has been variously disputed by scholars and Ridolfo Ghirlandaio or an artist from Venice have been suggested.

    • Creator(s)

      After a work by the circle of Fra Bartolomeo (1475-1517) (draughtsman)

      After a work previously attributed to Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

    • annotation: 1 [verso, bottom centre, in ink]

    • 8.5 x 9.5 cm (sheet of paper)

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

    • Subject(s)
      • Geography
        • Systematic geography
          • Landscapes
        • Physiography
          • Rivers
      • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
        • Botany
          • Systematic botany
            • Trees
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
    • Other number(s)

      Ruland p. 343 B.IV.1

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