Lot Essay
Beatrizet's engraving is based on Michelangelo's drawing of the same subject in the Royal Collection, Windsor (inv. no. RCIN 912771).
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NICOLAS BEATRIZET (1507/15-1573) AFTER MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI (1475-1564)
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engraving, circa 1540-66, on laid paper, watermark Crossed Arrows surmounted by a Star (similar to Briquet 6291, Rome 1561-62 and Ferrara 1563), a fine, tonal impression of this very rare engraving, with the guidelines in the text still printing very strongly, with margins, the upper right sheet corner made-up, another made-up paper loss at lower centre, a very skilfully repaired, oblique tear across the right side of the sheet, a few shorter tears at the sheet edges, some paper splits along the platemark, some pale staining in places
Plate 285 x 375 mm., Sheet 297 x 386 mm.
Tityus
engraving, circa 1540-66, on laid paper, watermark Crossed Arrows surmounted by a Star (similar to Briquet 6291, Rome 1561-62 and Ferrara 1563), a fine, tonal impression of this very rare engraving, with the guidelines in the text still printing very strongly, with margins, the upper right sheet corner made-up, another made-up paper loss at lower centre, a very skilfully repaired, oblique tear across the right side of the sheet, a few shorter tears at the sheet edges, some paper splits along the platemark, some pale staining in places
Plate 285 x 375 mm., Sheet 297 x 386 mm.
Provenance
With Olimpia Theodoli, London.
Acquired from the above, 21 November 1990.
Acquired from the above, 21 November 1990.
Literature
Bartsch 39
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