Lot 143
143
After Michelangelo Buonarroti (Caprese 1475-1564 Rome), French School, 1801/1802
This lot is offered without reserve.
After Michelangelo Buonarroti (Caprese 1475-1564 Rome), French School, 1801/1802

Torso of a grinning man

Details
After Michelangelo Buonarroti (Caprese 1475-1564 Rome), French School, 1801/1802
Torso of a grinning man
inscribed 'dessin fait d'apres celui que legd. michel-ange Buonarotti dessina au/ crayon charbonné sur la muraille de la cuisine de sa maison de Settigniano/ a trois mille de Florence./ L'an 10 de la Repque francaise' [1801-1802] and with number '3381'
black chalk, stumping
7 3/8 x 8¼ in. (18.5 x 20.9 cm)
Provenance
Sir Thomas Lawrence, London (1769-1830) (L. 2445).
M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School Art Museum.
Literature
Anne Popham, typescript catalogue, no. 25.
Special notice
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Lot Essay

This is a copy after Michelangelo's charcoal drawing of about 1503, in the Villa Michelangelo, Settignano near Florence, and which was detached from the wall in 1979 (see New York, Metropolitan Museum, Michelangelo, Divine Draftsman & Designer, exhib. cat., 2017-2018, no. 37, ill.).

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