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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M2131
People
Unidentified Artist
After Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian (Caprese, Italy 1475 - 1564 Rome, Italy)
Previously attributed to Nicolas Beatrizet the Younger, Italian (active 1540 - 1565)
Title
The Dream of Human Life
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1540
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/260235

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving with additions in black ink at top and bottom
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
45.1 × 29.8 cm (17 3/4 × 11 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, l.l.: MICHAEL.ANGELVS. IN.VEN.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Francis Bullard (1862-1913), Boston, by descent; to Ellen Bullard, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1921

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/iii
Standard Reference Number
Passavant 1860-64 VI.119.112, Bianchi 36

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Miss Ellen Bullard
Accession Year
1921
Object Number
M2131
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Strips of paper added at top and bottom (with drawn lines in black ink)

Publication History

  • Alessia Alberti, Alessandro Rovetta, and Claudio Salsi, D'Après Michelangelo, exh. cat., Marsilio Editore (Milan, 2015), pp. 142-143 of supplemental disc PDF [reference citation]
  • Jamie Gabbarelli and Jonathan Bober, Sharing Images: Renaissance Prints into Maiolica and Bronze, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art and Lund Humphries (Washington, DC, 2017), checklist p. 140, p. 64, pl. 23
  • Karine Tsoumis and Christopher Maxwell, Maiolica in Renaissance Venice: Ceramics and Luxury at the Crossroads, exh. cat., Gardiner Museum and Hirmer Publishers (Toronto, 2021), pp. 114, 116, repr. p. 116 as fig. 32

Exhibition History

  • Sharing Images: Renaissance Prints into Maiolica and Bronze, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 04/01/2018 - 08/05/2018

Verification Level

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