Fra Bartolomeo (Baccio della Porta) (Bartolomeo di Paolo del Fattorino), was a refined Tuscan painter and collaborator of Mariotto Albertinelli, with whom he set up a workshop.
He also worked in St Mark's convent, where the valuable frescos by Beato Angelico are to be found.
His style of painting showed the influence of Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael, especially in the way he tried to give his pictures an intense inward looking quality.
In the small panel {2463} the mystical aura is clearly visible in the concentration on the faces of the people waiting for the important future events.
Other works worth remembering by Fra Bartolomeo include
"St Mark"
"Saviour among the evangelists"
as well as the frescos in St Mark's convent, with scenes of the "Final Judgement".
