Not on display

Friar frightened by a snake

Benozzo Gozzoli (1420 - 1497), Workshop of

Artist/Maker

Material / Technique

Point of the brush, brown ink, heightened with white, brown wash on pink prepared paper. Verso: See NMH 33/1863

Dimensionsh x w: Mått 22,7 x 16,1 cm

Inventory numberNMH 31/1863

Other titlesTitle (sv): Tiggarmunk uppskrämd av en orm Title (en): Friar frightened by a snake

DescriptionDescription: Numbered in pen and brown ink at lower right: 21 (before Vasari), 18 (Sparre) and 7, (struck out). Inscribed in pen and brown ink along the upper edge of the old mount: Cennin This sheet was once part of a little album now in the museum Boymans van Beuningen in Rotterdam, the drawings in which may be partly by Benozzo, partly by his pupils. In Nationalmuseum there are three more sheets originating from this album, nos. 1027, 1041 and 1061 [Bjurström, It. Drawings, cat. no. 1059 (recto)]

Collection

Geographical origin

Geographical origin: Italy

MaterialInk, Paper

TechniqueDrawing, Elevated

Object category