Study for the Prophet in 'The Prophet Isaiah'

Fra Bartolommeo (Bartolomeo-Domenico di Paolo del Fattorino, Baccio della Porta) (in circa 1515-1516)

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In the years 1515-1516 Fra Bartolommeo painted an altarpiece with the 'Salvator Mundi', a risen Christ standing on a podium (now in the Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence), with two side panels with prophets (now in the Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence), which was installed in the Cappella Billi in the church of Santissima Annunziata in Florence. The altarpiece of the Salvator Mundi stood in a chapel under an organ loft. On each side of the central panel there were two smaller panels depicting the prophets Isaiah and Job. This is one of the studies for the seated prophet Isaiah on the panel on the left. Fra Bartolommeo used black chalk heightened with white to create the chiaroscuro effects that produced a spatially convincing composition.

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Title	Study for the Prophet in 'The Prophet Isaiah'
Material and technique	Black chalk, heightened with white, on dark grey prepared paper
Object type	Drawing > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Location	This object is in storage

Dimensions	Height 281 mm Width 213 mm
Artists	Draughtsman: Fra Bartolommeo (Bartolomeo-Domenico di Paolo del Fattorino, Baccio della Porta)
Accession number	I 563 M 149 recto (PK)
Credits	Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs collection), 1940
Department	Drawings & Prints
Acquisition date	1940
Creation date	in circa 1515-1516
Collector	Collector / Franz Koenigs
Provenance	Fra Bartolommeo’s estate (1517); his heir Fra Paolino da Pistoia (1488-1547), Florence; Suor Plautilla Nelli (1523-1588), Florence; Convent of St. Catherine of Siena, Florence; Cavaliere Francesco Maria Niccolò Gabburri (1676-1742), Florence, acquired from the convent in 1725 and mounted in one of two albums (1729); Gabburri Heirs; Art dealer William Kent, London, bought from the Gabburri Heirs in 1758-60; Benjamin West (1783-1820, L.419), London; his son Raphael West; Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830, L.2445), London; Art dealer Samuel Woodburn (1781-1853, L.2584), London, acquired with the Lawrence Collection in 1834, cat. London 1836, seventh exhibition; The Prince of Orange, afterwards King William II of the Netherlands (1792-1849), The Hague, acquired in 1840; his sale, The Hague (De Vries, Roos, Brondgeest) 12.08.1850, lot 281 (unsold); his daughter Princess Sophie van Oranje-Nassau (1824-1897), Grand Duchess von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach, Weimar; her husband Grand Duke Karl Alexander von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (1818-1901) Weimar; their grandson Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (1876-1923), Weimar; Franz W. Koenigs (1881-1941, L.1023a), Haarlem, acquired in 1923; D.G. van Beuningen (1877-1955), Rotterdam, acquired with the Koenigs Collection in 1940 and donated to Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Internal exhibitions	De Collectie Twee - wissel VI, 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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