After Michelangelo Buonarroti (Caprese 1475-1564 Rome), late 16th Century

Saint John the Baptist at the Last Judgement, after Michelangelo

Details

After Michelangelo Buonarroti (Caprese 1475-1564 Rome), late 16th Century
Saint John the Baptist at the Last Judgement, after Michelangelo
black chalk
15½ x 9 7/8 in. (39.3 x 25 cm)

Provenance

Sir Thomas Lawrence, London (1769-1830) (L. 2445).
Samuel Woodburn, London (1786-1853), from the Collection of Sir Thomas Lawrence; Christie's, 4 June 1860, lot 133 (one of three) (for £1.5s. to Bloxam).
M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School Art Museum.

Literature

Anne Popham, typescript catalogue, no. 22.

P. Joannides, The Drawings of Michelangelo and his Followers in the Ashmolean Museum, Cambridge and New York, 2007, p. 436, under no. 91, p. 447, under no. 133.

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Lot Essay

This drawing is a copy after Michelangelo’s Saint John the Baptist (shown prior to Daniele da Volterra’s censorship of 1564) and a young man flanking Christ to the left in the Last Judgment. The polished black-chalk technique is reminiscent of Daniele da Volterra and his Roman pupils, Michele Alberti and Jacopo Rocchetti.

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