Anbetung des Kindes,

um 1495

Material / Technology / Carrier

Pappelholz

Dimensions of the object

99,1 x 98,6 cm

Displayed

AP OG Saal IV

Department

Italienische Malerei

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

WAF 191

Acquisition

1815 in Florenz angekauft

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München

Citation

Fra Bartolommeo, Anbetung des Kindes, um 1495, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/53470Qmx9e (Last updated on 24.08.2023)

The subject of the Adoration of the Christ Child was very popular in Florence for private devotional pictures, especially in the form of the tondo or round painting. Fra Bartolommeo referred to a cartoon by his colleague Lorenzo di Credi for this composition that the latter had drawn for a tondo now in New York. After his apprenticeship, Fra Bartolommeo was probably active in Credi's workshop for a time as an independent artist and had access to his sketches. The inspiration for the motif of the infant St John being held by an angel is likely to have come from Leonardo's 'Virgin of the Rocks'.