Drapery Study for the Kneeling Mary Magdalen in the 'Noli me tangere'

Fra Bartolommeo (Bartolomeo-Domenico di Paolo del Fattorino, Baccio della Porta) (in circa 1505-1506)

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Drapery Study for the Kneeling Mary Magdalen in the 'Noli me tangere', from the collection of Musée du Louvre, Paris.

The artist worked up the cloak of the kneeling Mary Magdalen in two drapery studies. It is as if the drapery folds were being moulded in black chalk and white highlights. Going by the study’s wooden torso, the artist was drawing from a draped mannikin. For this first study the right arm is set in the desired position. The head and lower arm were not relevant at this point and were omitted here.

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Title	Drapery Study for the Kneeling Mary Magdalen in the 'Noli me tangere'
Material and technique	Black chalk, heightened with white, on greyish brown prepared paper
Object type	Drawing > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Location	This object is in storage

Dimensions	Height 288 mm Width 219 mm
Artists	Draughtsman: Fra Bartolommeo (Bartolomeo-Domenico di Paolo del Fattorino, Baccio della Porta)
Accession number	I 563 N 68 (PK)
Credits	Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs collection), 1940
Department	Drawings & Prints
Acquisition date	1940
Creation date	in circa 1505-1506
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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