Fra Bartolomeo

Italian | 1472 - 1517

Fra Bartolomeo was an Italian Old Masters painter who was born in 1472.

How much does a Fra Bartolomeo cost?

Fra Bartolomeo's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 334 USD to 12,962,500 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork.

What is Fra Bartolomeo's most expensive painting?

Since 2001 the record price for this artist at auction is 12,962,500 USD for The Madonna and Child, sold at Christie's New York in 2013. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Uffizi Galleries, The Uffizi have featured Fra Bartolomeo's work in the past.

Fra Bartolomeo in the news

Fra Bartolomeo has been featured in articles for ArtDaily, Sydney Morning Herald and San Francisco Chronicle. The most recent article is Secrets of Italian Drawings written for e-flux in December 2024. The artist died in 1517.

Artist's alternative names: Baccio della Porta, Fra Bartolommeo, Fra Bartolommeo di Pagholo

Featured for Sale

Man with Cape

Attributed to Fra Bartolomeo

Galerie Moenius - Switzerland

Disputing Women

Attributed to Fra Bartolomeo

Galerie Moenius - Switzerland

At Auction

Notable Lots

VIEW OF FIESOLE FROM THE MUGNONE VALLEY

By Fra Bartolomeo

+29%

above mid-estimate

Vierge à l'Enfant avec saint Jean-Baptiste (recto); Vierge à l'Enfant (verso)

By Fra Bartolomeo

+246%

above mid-estimate

VERGINE DOLENTE - DIE TRAUERNDE JUNGFRAU

By Fra Bartolomeo

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Upcoming Lots

Man with Cape

Attributed to Fra Bartolomeo

Galerie Moenius - Switzerland

Disputing Women

Attributed to Fra Bartolomeo

Galerie Moenius - Switzerland

Recent Auction Results

Portrait de femme de profil gauche

By Fra Bartolomeo

-21%

below mid-estimate

Millon & Associes

PROFILE BUST OF A NEWBORN

Attributed to Fra Bartolomeo

-22%

below mid-estimate

The Potomack Company

Christ à la couronne d’épines

Attributed to Fra Bartolomeo

-62%

below mid-estimate

Accademia Fine Art

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Past Exhibitions

Innocence and Experience: Selections from the Department of Drawings and Prints

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Upper East Side | New York | USA

Feb 09, 2023 - May 16, 2023

Invention and Design: Early Italian Drawings at the Morgan

The Morgan Library & Museum

New York | USA

Feb 15, 2019 - May 19, 2019

Drawing and Prints: Selections from The Met Collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Upper East Side | New York | USA

Oct 25, 2016 - Jan 30, 2017

VIEW 18 EXHIBITIONS

Articles

Secrets of Italian Drawings

e-flux Dec 20, 2024

What secrets are hidden in the drawings made during the Italian Renaissance? What stories can they tell us? What do we know about them, and what may we never know? Over the last six years, curators from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen have been researching these questions.

Discover the Secrets of the Renaissance: Italian Drawings at the Depot of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen

ArtDaily Nov 22, 2024

On November 23rd, Depot Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen will showcase Secrets of Italian drawings. This interactive exhibition features a wealth of drawings from the Italian Renaissance.

You’ll be surprised who turns up in the NGV’s queer closet

Sydney Morning Herald Mar 14, 2022

“I would rather go to hell than to a homophobic heaven.”

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