Artist: After Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome)
Artist: After Rosso Fiorentino (Italian, Florence 1494–1540 Fontainebleau)
Date:1537–91
Medium:Red chalk (recto); black chalk (verso)
Dimensions:13 1/8 x 9 1/8in. (33.4 x 23.2cm)
Classification:Drawings
Credit Line:Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880
Object Number:80.3.301
Inscription: Annotated in pen and brown ink at lower right, G. di Bolognª, at lower right on verso, Gio Bologna.
James Jackson Jarves; Cornelius Vanderbilt (American)
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Coles Gallery, Tapestries and Paintings...Drawings by Old Masters," 1895.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Drawings and Prints: Selections from the Permanent Collection," July 21–October 5, 1997.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Drawings and Prints: Selections from the Permanent Collection," April 22–July 14, 2002.
Coles Gallery, 8: Tapestries and Paintings, Malachites, Vases, etc.; Drawings by Old Masters, Etchings, Photographs, and Tapestries in Gallery 4, Main Hall. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Hand-book, no. 8, New York, 1895, cat. no. 301, p.22.
Edward J. Olszewski, Jane Glaubinger The Draftsman's Eye: Late Italian Renaissance Schools and Styles. Exh. cat., Cleveland Museum of Art. March 6 - April 22, 1979. Cleveland, 1981, cat. no. 19, pp. 11, 26, 122., ill.
Jacob Bean, Lawrence Turčić 15th and 16th Century Italian Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1982, cat. no. 138, fig. no. 138, p.146, ill.
Michelangelo: A Sculptor's World. Exh. cat., The Queens Museum, New York, October 20, 1983 - January 8, 1984. Queens Museum of Art, Queens, The Queens Museum, 1984, cat. no. 15.
Pietro C. Marani, Pierre Théberge The Genius of the Sculptor in Michelangelo's Work. Exh. cat. Montreal Museum of Art (June 12 - Spetember 13, 1992). Montreal, 1992, cat. no. 73, pp. 226-267, ill.
Linda Wolk-Simon, Carmen C. Bambach An Italian Journey. Drawings from the Tobey Collection: Correggio to Tiepolo. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (May 12 - August 15, 2010). New York, 2010, p. 76, fig, 21.2 (entry by C.C. Bambach).
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