Study for the Weeping St Peter in the 'Pitti Pietà'

Fra Bartolommeo (Bartolomeo-Domenico di Paolo del Fattorino, Baccio della Porta) (in circa 1511-1513)

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Study for the Weeping St Peter in the 'Pitti Pietà', from the collection of Galleria Palatina, Florence.

This is a fgure study for the standing St Peter on the left behind the central group. The saint, here as yet without his keys as his attribute,
weeps and dries his eyes with his cloak. The functional relationship only became clear after the restoration because the painting had been cut down at the top and the two standing saints had been painted out with black paint.

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Title	Study for the Weeping St Peter in the 'Pitti Pietà'
Material and technique	Black chalk, heightened with white, on brown prepared paper
Object type	Drawing > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Location	This object is in storage

Dimensions	Width 197 mm Height 267 mm
Artists	Draughtsman: Fra Bartolommeo (Bartolomeo-Domenico di Paolo del Fattorino, Baccio della Porta)
Accession number	I 563 M 134 recto (PK)
Credits	Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs collection), 1940
Department	Drawings & Prints
Acquisition date	1940
Creation date	in circa 1511-1513
Collector	Collector / Franz Koenigs
Internal exhibitions	De Collectie Twee - wissel VII, Prenten & Tekeningen (2010) 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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