Lot Essay
This engraving is a reversed depiction of Michelangelo's sculpture of the Risen Christ at Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome.
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Christ holding the Cross
Details
NICOLAS BEATRIZET (1507/15-1573) AFTER MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI (1475-1564)
Christ holding the Cross
engraving, circa 1540-66, on laid paper, watermark Fleur-de-Lys with Stamen in Circle (similar to Briquet 7317; Rome, 1566-75), a very good impression of this rare print, trimmed on or just inside the platemark, a small made-up paper loss at the upper right sheet corner, another at the left sheet edge, some very minor, scattered pinpoint foxing, generally in very good condition
Plate & Sheet 443 x 214 mm.
Christ holding the Cross
engraving, circa 1540-66, on laid paper, watermark Fleur-de-Lys with Stamen in Circle (similar to Briquet 7317; Rome, 1566-75), a very good impression of this rare print, trimmed on or just inside the platemark, a small made-up paper loss at the upper right sheet corner, another at the left sheet edge, some very minor, scattered pinpoint foxing, generally in very good condition
Plate & Sheet 443 x 214 mm.
Provenance
John Barnard (d. 1784), London (Lugt 1420); presumably his posthumous sale, Thomas Philipe, London, 16 April 1798 (and following days).
Richard Fisher (1809-1890), Hill Top, Midhurst, Sussex (Lugt 931); probably his posthumous sale, Sotheby's, London, 23 May 1892 (and following days).
With P. & D. Colnaghi, London.
Acquired from the above, 12 February 1980.
Richard Fisher (1809-1890), Hill Top, Midhurst, Sussex (Lugt 931); probably his posthumous sale, Sotheby's, London, 23 May 1892 (and following days).
With P. & D. Colnaghi, London.
Acquired from the above, 12 February 1980.
Literature
Bartsch 23
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