Circle of MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI (1475-1564)

Details

Circle of MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI (1475-1564)

Studies of Arms

with inscription 'm angelo' (verso); red chalk
8 x 10¾in. (204 x 272mm.)

Provenance

Sir Charles Robinson (L. 1433); Christie's, London, 18 May 1902, lot 230 as Michelangelo Buonarroti ((6)
Anon. sale; Christie's, London, 14 April 1992, lot 82, illustrated (¨38,500)

Lot Essay

There is a related drawing of arms attributed to Bartolomeo Passarotti with retouching by Rubens in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, A.M. Logan, Flemish Drawings in the Age of Rubens, Wellesley, MA, 1993, no. 38, illustrated