Study for St Bartholomew in 'The Mystic Marriage of St Catherine'

Fra Bartolommeo (Bartolomeo-Domenico di Paolo del Fattorino, Baccio della Porta) (in circa 1511)

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Study for St Bartholomew in 'The Mystic Marriage of St Catherine', from the collection of Musée du Louvre, Paris.

St Bartholomew stands to the right of Sts Francis and Dominic, with a book

under his arm. In the painting he is partially hidden behind the two saints

before and next to him (St Catherine of Alexandria and possibly St

Lawrence), but here he has been drawn as a full-length figure. He holds a lily

in his left hand, an attribute of St Dominic, which three other saints are

holding too. In the painting the lily is replaced by a knife, his personal

attribute.

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Title	Study for St Bartholomew in 'The Mystic Marriage of St Catherine'
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 280 mm Width 168 mm
Artists	Draughtsman: Fra Bartolommeo (Bartolomeo-Domenico di Paolo del Fattorino, Baccio della Porta)
Accession number	I 563 M 114 (PK)
Credits	Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs collection), 1940
Department	Drawings & Prints
Acquisition date	1940
Creation date	in circa 1511
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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