Figure Study after Andrea di Bonaiuto, S. Maria Novella, Florence

Hippolyte Flandrin

1835–38 · Graphite · Drawings and Prints

Hippolyte Flandrin was the first pupil of Ingres to win the Prix de Rome, enabling him to study in Italy from 1833 to 1838. During one of three visits to Florence, he made this drawing based on a figure in fresco (ca. 1365) by Andrea di Bonaiuto in the Spanish Chapel of Santa Maria Novella. Flandrin’s studies of religious paintings in Italy had a profound influence on the artist's career, which he largely spent executing major religious decorative programs in Parisian churches, including Saint-Germain-des-Près.

Artist

Hippolyte Flandrin

Date

1835–38

Medium

Graphite

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Joseph Simon and Linda Wolk-Simon, in memory of Roberta Black, 2019