The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist. Artist: Workshop of Fra Bartolomeo (Bartolomeo di Paolo del Fattorino) (Italian, Florence 1473-1517 Florence). Dimensions: 5-7/16 x 4-3/4 in. (13.8 x 12.0 cm). Date: ca. 1515-17.Quickly drawn in black chalk, this study was formerly part of the same sketchbook which likely also included two studies for a Madonna and Child with Infant St. John of almost the same size: one in the Museum's collection (no. 80.3.134; black chalk, 14.3 x 11.6 cm) and the other one in The Morgan Library & Museum, New York (inv. IV,8; black chalk, 13.5 x 9.7 cm). Even though the drawings show similarities with Fra' Bartolomeo's shorthand and late draftsmanship, the three sketchbook sheets should be attributed to a talented member of his workshop, possibly the monk Fra' Paolino da Pistoia (1488-1547), who inherited his master's drawings and cartoons at his death in 1517. Visible in the background of the present composition is the trunk of a palm tree, a narrative det

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The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist. Artist: Workshop of Fra Bartolomeo (Bartolomeo di Paolo del Fattorino) (Italian, Florence 1473-1517 Florence). Dimensions: 5-7/16 x 4-3/4 in. (13.8 x 12.0 cm). Date: ca. 1515-17.Quickly drawn in black chalk, this study was formerly part of the same sketchbook which likely also included two studies for a Madonna and Child with Infant St. John of almost the same size: one in the Museum's collection (no. 80.3.134; black chalk, 14.3 x 11.6 cm) and the other one in The Morgan Library & Museum, New York (inv. IV,8; black chalk, 13.5 x 9.7 cm). Even though the drawings show similarities with Fra' Bartolomeo's shorthand and late draftsmanship, the three sketchbook sheets should be attributed to a talented member of his workshop, possibly the monk Fra' Paolino da Pistoia (1488-1547), who inherited his master's drawings and cartoons at his death in 1517. Visible in the background of the present composition is the trunk of a palm tree, a narrative det

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