Monastery on the Slope of a Rocky Hill

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.

Monastery on the Slope of a Rocky Hill

Fra Bartolommeo

1508/09

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)

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Clarence Buckingham Collection