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Head of a Child, an Angel and a Hand (recto); Male Figure (verso)
Creator
Fra Bartolommeo (Baccio della Porta)Italian Artist · 1472–1517
All works by this person →Fra Bartolommeo's art reflects the development of Florentine art from the detailed realism of the 1400s to the idealized grandeur, compositional simplicity, and rhythmic movement of the High Renaissance style of the 1500s. The purity of lines and volumes in one of his paintings inspired the young Raphael. A mule driver's son, the young artist born as Baccio della Porta studied with a local painter
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- about 1510–1515
- Medium
- Black and white chalk
- Culture
- Italian
- Department
- Drawings
- Institution
- Getty Museum
Fra Bartolommeo used the chalk medium in all its soft expressiveness to create delicate modulations of light and shade. Through drawing he explored light effects, as well as the pose and attitude of his figures. His subtle effects of shadow and *sfumato* recall the works of his Florentine predecessor Leonardo da Vinci. These chalk studies are characteristic of the drawings Fra Bartolommeo made in preparation for painted works, though they have never been connected with a particular painting.
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