Study for the Flying Angel in 'The Nativity'

Fra Bartolommeo (Bartolomeo-Domenico di Paolo del Fattorino, Baccio della Porta) (in circa 1504-1507)

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Study for the Flying Angel at Top Right in 'The Nativity', from the collection of Musée du Louvre, Paris.

On one side this sheet has a study for the flying angel at top right; the other side shows – upside down – a study for the foremost strolling angel at bottom right. Both drawings were adopted virtually unchanged in the painting. They had evidently already been drawn for another project, because of the indication of the ground in both and a cloth in the angel’s arms in the first, which were omitted in this painting.

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Title	Study for the Flying Angel in 'The Nativity'
Material and technique	Black chalk, heightened with white, on greyish brown prepared paper
Object type	Drawing > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Location	This object is in storage

Dimensions	Width 218 mm Height 284 mm
Artists	Draughtsman: Fra Bartolommeo (Bartolomeo-Domenico di Paolo del Fattorino, Baccio della Porta)
Accession number	I 563 M 74 recto (PK)
Credits	Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs collection), 1940
Department	Drawings & Prints
Acquisition date	1940
Creation date	in circa 1504-1507
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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