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It was painted for the Arundel Society, founded in 1848 to promote knowledge of art through the publication of reproductions of works of art. The Arundel Society popularised Renaissance art, particularly that of the Italian Old Masters, echoing the growing interest  in ‘primitives’ (art of western Europe prior to the Renaissance) during the second half of the nineteenth century. This watercolour was published as a chromolithograph in 1870 (see Museum no. 24145).\n\r\nFra Bartolomeo became a friar in 1500 and he was a fervent follower of Savonarola (1452-1498, priest and preacher active in Florence). The artist moved to Venice in 1508, where he was able to combine the  Venetian use of colour with his existing technique. 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