Lot Essay
Michelangelo's drawing of this subject is in the Royal Collection, Windsor (RCIN 912766).
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The Fall of Phaeton
Details
NICOLAS BEATRIZET (CIRCA 1507/15-1573) AFTER MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI (1475-1564)
The Fall of Phaeton
engraving, circa 1540-65, on laid paper, watermark Eagle in a Single Circle under Crown (similar to Briquet 209, Verona 1582-96), a good impression, printing a little dryly along the upper and right edges, trimmed to or fractionally into the subject, a repaired tear at the lower sheet edge to the right and another, shorter tear to the left, otherwise in good condition
Sheet 410 x 285 mm.
The Fall of Phaeton
engraving, circa 1540-65, on laid paper, watermark Eagle in a Single Circle under Crown (similar to Briquet 209, Verona 1582-96), a good impression, printing a little dryly along the upper and right edges, trimmed to or fractionally into the subject, a repaired tear at the lower sheet edge to the right and another, shorter tear to the left, otherwise in good condition
Sheet 410 x 285 mm.
Provenance
Friedrich August II, King of Saxony (1797-1854), Dresden (Lugt 971); his posthumous sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, 7-9 May 1928 (part of lot 1543).
Sotheby's, London, 17 February 1983, lot 57.
With Artemis Fine Arts, London; acquired at the above sale.
Acquired from the above, on 22 June 1983.
Sotheby's, London, 17 February 1983, lot 57.
With Artemis Fine Arts, London; acquired at the above sale.
Acquired from the above, on 22 June 1983.
Literature
Bartsch 38
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