Two Studies of a Seated man Holding a Book for God the Father in the 'Padre Eterno'

Fra Bartolommeo (Bartolomeo-Domenico di Paolo del Fattorino, Baccio della Porta) (in circa 1509)

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Two Studies of a Seated man Holding a Book for God the Father in the 'Padre Eterno', from the collection of Museo Nazionale di Villa Guinigi, Lucca.

This represents an early phase in the development of the figure of God the Father. The full-length figure to the left was drawn first. The later detail study to the right is reminiscent of Christ in ‘The Last Judgement’ fresco, which Fra Bartolommeo painted a decade earlier. The somewhat prosaic, schoolmasterly figure in the left-hand study differs considerably from God the Father in all his monumental grandeur in the painting.

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Title	Two Studies of a Seated man Holding a Book for God the Father in the 'Padre Eterno'
Material and technique	Black chalk, heightened with white, on light grey prepared paper
Object type	Drawing > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Location	This object is in storage

Dimensions	Height 264 mm Width 235 mm
Artists	Draughtsman: Fra Bartolommeo (Bartolomeo-Domenico di Paolo del Fattorino, Baccio della Porta)
Accession number	I 563 M 161 (PK)
Credits	Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs collection), 1940
Department	Drawings & Prints
Acquisition date	1940
Creation date	in circa 1509
Collector	Collector / Franz Koenigs
Internal exhibitions	Fra Bartolommeo (2016)
Material	Paper > Vegetable material > Organic material > Material > Material and technique Black chalk > Chalk > Artist's material > Material > Material and technique
Object	Drawing > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Technique	Prepare > Prepared > Shaping techniques > General technique > Technique > Material and technique Prepare > Prepared > Shaping techniques > General technique > Technique > Material and technique Highlight > Painting technique > Technique > Material and technique
Geographical origin	Italy > Southern Europe > Europe

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