Composition Drawing for the ‘Madonna della Misericordia’ (Madonna of Mercy Surrounded by a Throng with St Dominic and the Donor), from the collection of Museo Nazionale di Villa Guinigi, Lucca.
The sole surviving composition drawing of this project reveals the basic composition, drawn spontaneously and exploring the possibilities, is less rigidly structured and more balanced than in the painting. Despite the damage, the semicircular form at the top is clearly visible. He subsequently moved and changed most of the bystanders around the dais, such as the kneeling St Dominic to the left at the front in this drawing, drawing some in separate studies.
Composition Drawing for the ‘Madonna della Misericordia’
Fra Bartolommeo (Bartolomeo-Domenico di Paolo del Fattorino, Baccio della Porta) (in circa 1515)
Specifications
| Title | Composition Drawing for the ‘Madonna della Misericordia’ |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Black chalk, heightened with white, on light grey prepared paper |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 293 mm Width 218 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Draughtsman:
Fra Bartolommeo (Bartolomeo-Domenico di Paolo del Fattorino, Baccio della Porta)
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| Accession number | I 563 M 197 (PK) |
| Credits | Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs collection), 1940 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1940 |
| Creation date | in circa 1515 |
| 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 I, Prenten & Tekeningen (2009) Fra Bartolommeo (2016) |
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| 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
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| Geographical origin | Italy > Southern Europe > Europe |
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Fra Bartolommeo (Bartolomeo-Domenico di Paolo del Fattorino, Baccio della Porta)
Florence 1472/1474 - Florence 1517
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