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Giulio Bonasone

Portrait of Michelangelo Buonarotti,

Maker

  • Giulio Bonasone

Title

Portrait of Michelangelo Buonarotti

Medium

engraving

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • engraving

Techniques

  • engraving

Supports

  • Light weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

22.7 x 17.8 cm (8 15/16 x 7 inches) (plate) including inscription

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered in image: "Michael Angelus Bonarotus Patritius Florentinus An Agens LXXII" / "Quantum In Natura...Fuit Arte Docet" / "MD XLVI" / "Iulio. B. F."

Watermark: "CRA" or "GRA" (countermark?)

Stamped with unidentified collector's mark (Lugt 2368b) and with the mark of John Postle Heseltine (1843-1929; Lugt 1508)

Identification

Standard Reference Number

Bartsch XV.170.345

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

47.662

Portrait of Michelangelo Buonarotti

Lettered in image: "Michael Angelus Bonarotus Patritius Florentinus An Agens LXXII" / "Quantum In Natura...Fuit Arte Docet" / "MD XLVI" / "Iulio. B. F."

Watermark: "CRA" or "GRA" (countermark?)

Stamped with unidentified collector's mark (Lugt 2368b) and with the mark of John Postle Heseltine (1843-1929; Lugt 1508)

Bartsch XV.170.345

Exhibition History

Engravings of the 15th and 16th Centuries

November 10, 1948 - February 4, 1949

Recent Acquisitions of the Print Room

September 28 - October 30, 1948
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