Florentine 16th century Mannerist architectural frame, with carved attenuated scrolled volutes between outset corners with continuous acanthus leaf moulding; gadrooned sight and original matt and burnished water gilding; the frieze decorated with sgrafitto, revealing undulating stylised foliage through blue-black tempera
Fra Bartolommeo (1472-1517)
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt with St. John the Baptist, c.1509
oil on panel 51 1/2 x 41 5/8 in
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
