Artist: Michelangelo Buonarroti
Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italy 1475-1564) (after), engraved by Martino RotaCroatia and Italy (circa 1520-1583). “The Last Judgment”. Engraving on laid paper, with a coat-of-arms watermark, S. 39.3×27.0 cm. Bartsch 28. 1569.
This is among the earliest engravings of Michelangelo’s fresco on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel, which took four years for him to complete between 1536 and 1541. Rota was a draughtsman and engraver. He was born in Sabenico, Dalmatia (now Croatia), and was active in Rome during the 1540s-1560s, after which he moved to Florence and then Venice. Rota used etching and engraving together in his plates and […]
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Artist: Michelangelo Buonarroti
Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italy 1475-1564) (after), by Nicolas Beatrizet, France and Italy (1507-1565). Tityus. Signed MICH A.B. INVENT in the plate. Engraving on laid paper, with an anchor or fleur-de-lys in a circle watermark, S. 28.6×37.1 cm. Bartsch 39, an early impression with the guidelines for the text in the lower margin and the vertical wiping marks distinct, as published by Salamanca. Circa 1540-1566.This engraving is based on Michelangelo’s drawing of the same subject in the Royal Collection, Windsor (Inventory number RCIN 912771). PROVENANCE Josef Viktor Kuderna (Austria 1886-1952), with the ink stamp verso (Lugt 1626a); The collection of Engineer and […]
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