Provenance
Estate of the artist. Probably by descent to his studio assistant, Paolo del Signoraccio (died 1547), called Fra. Paolino da Pistoia, monastery of San Marco, Florence [according to London 1957 auc. cat.]. Possibly to his pupil, Sister Plautilla Nelli (died 1588), Convent of Santa Caterina da Siena, Florence [according to London 1957 auc. cat.]. Possibly to the Convent of Santa Caterina da Siena, Florence, to 1725. Cavaliere Francesco Maria Nicolò Gabburri (died 1742), from 1725 [Lugt 2818 and Lugt suppl. 2992b]. By descent to his heirs [Fleming 1958]. William Kent, London and Rome, from 1742 [according to Mariette]. Sold, London, mid-eighteenth century, Kent sale. Private Collection, Southern Ireland, to 1925 [according to notes in curatorial file]. Private Collection, England, to 1957 [according to notes in curatorial file]. Sold by Sotheby’s, London, 20 November 1957, "Drawings of Landscapes and Trees by Fra. Bartolommeo," no. 13. Sold by F. Kleinberger, New York, to the Art Institute, 1957.
Accession Number
113512
Medium
Pen and brown ink on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
29.2 × 21.5 cm (11 1/2 × 8 1/2 in.)
Classification
drawings (visual works)
Credit Line
Clarence Buckingham Collection