Artwork
A Kneeling Angel
A Kneeling Angel is an ink drawing by the Renaissance artist Fra Bartolommeo. It dates from 1500 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.
About this work
Overview
This drawing, A Kneeling Angel, is the work of Fra Bartolommeo, a Renaissance artist, created around the turn of the 16th century.
Technique & Style
Executed in pen and brown ink with white highlights over a metalpoint underdrawing on prepared gray-blue paper, the work showcases the artist's skill in combining different techniques to achieve a nuanced effect.
Artist & collection
![Head of a Child [recto], by Fra Bartolommeo](https://artifactworldgallery.com/img/fra-bartolommeo--head-of-a-child-recto--1638395277970f70-w320.webp)
![Two Friars on a Hillside [recto], by Fra Bartolommeo](https://artifactworldgallery.com/img/fra-bartolommeo--two-friars-on-a-hillside-recto--2787c4dd74d9545f-w320.webp)
![Bare Tree [verso], by Fra Bartolommeo](https://artifactworldgallery.com/img/fra-bartolommeo--bare-tree-verso--691ffa617da1e8ff-w320.webp)
![The Angel of the Annunciation [recto], by Fra Bartolommeo](https://artifactworldgallery.com/img/fra-bartolommeo--the-angel-of-the-annunciation-recto--89fd8c8dbaea2c77-w320.webp)
![A Monk [verso], by Fra Bartolommeo](https://artifactworldgallery.com/img/fra-bartolommeo--a-monk-verso--c24fd88b1d97b14b-w320.webp)
![Study of a Madonna [verso], by Leonardo da Vinci](https://artifactworldgallery.com/img/leonardo-da-vinci--study-of-a-madonna-verso--e1c76b4ffef84fb4-w320.webp)
![Study of Two Putti and a Draped Arm [verso], by Giovanni Battista Cipriani](https://artifactworldgallery.com/img/giovanni-battista-cipriani--study-of-two-putti-and-a-draped-arm-verso--47f39e682d8c982d-w320.webp)
