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A seated man, holding a tablet on his knee

Drawing
late 15th century - early 16th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Di Pagholo, Bartolomeo (Frà) (artist)
Place of origin
Italy (drawn)

Study of a man, seated, bearing a tablet, from which he is reading; Black chalk, on paper tinted with salmon colour, and very slight.


Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
TitleA seated man, holding a tablet on his knee (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Black chalk, on paper tinted with salmon colour, and very slight
Black Chalk
Paper
Drawing
Tinting
Brief description
di Pagholo, Bartolomeo (Frà) (ascribed to); Study of a man, seated, bearing a tablet, from which he is reading; Black chalk, on paper tinted with salmon colour, and very slight; Italian; Late 15th - early 16th century.
Physical description
Study of a man, seated, bearing a tablet, from which he is reading; Black chalk, on paper tinted with salmon colour, and very slight.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8in
  • Width: 6.3in
  • Height: 20.6cm
  • Width: 13cm
Original measurements converted from fractional inches into decimal inches (rounded to one decimal place). Dimensions taken from: DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
Style
Florentine School
Marks and inscriptions
'Del frate' (Inscribed in ink, recto.)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Subjects depicted
Man
Tablet
Bibliographic references
  • DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
  • Lambert, Susan. Drawing: Technique & Purpose. London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1981. 9 p.
  • Ward-Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings. Volume I. 14th-16th century, London, 1979, p. 36-37 The following is the full text of the entry: BARTOLOMMEO, FRA known as Baccio della Porta (1472-1517) 40 A seated man holding a tablet on his knee Inscribed in ink 'Del frate' Black chalk on pink prepared paper 8 1/8 x 5 1/8 (206 x 130) Dyce 177 PROVENANCE Sir J. Reynolds (Lugt 2364); Dyce Bequest 1869 LITERATURE Dyce Catalogue no. 177 (as. anonymous, 'ascribed to Fra Bartolommeo') Reitlinger, p. 8, no. 9; Borenius, p. 224 Reitlinger and Borenius both attribute the drawing to Fra Bartolommeo. It is obviously a late work, made under the influence of Michelangelo and Raphael, reminiscent of the two prophets (Isaiah and Job) that flanked the painting 'Salvator Mundi', dated 1516, in the Annunziata, Florence. It might even be an early idea for Job. (The 'Salvator Mundi' is now in the Pitti Palace: the Job and Isaiah in the Uffizi. See H. von der GabeIentz, Fra Bartolommeo, Leipzig, 1922, 1, pp. 177-79, pls. 20 and 21; also Venturi, 9, part 1, p. 333, fig. 240. A drawing for Job in the Uffizi is reproduced in fig. 241.)
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
DYCE.177

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Record createdSeptember 9, 2009
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