Monday, 16 December 2024

Michelangelo prints - Part 2

Following the series on Michelangelo's works, this series features prints, mainly etchings and engravings made after his works. Many of them are contemporary to Michelangelo's own works, mostly 16th century and a few at the end of the series from the early 1800s.

Note: Many of the prints look similar to each other because they are copies of the same imagery, but most often at different dates.

This part 2 of a 4-part series on prints after Michelangelo


c1540 The Fall of Phaeton
engraving by Nicolas Beatrizet (France)
41.8 x 29.2 cm 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

c1540 Crucifixion with Two Angels
engraving and etching by Giukio Bonasone (Italy)
30.6 x 19.6 cm (sheet)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

c1543-44 Man Against a Tree
etching by Master IQV (France)
30.6 x 22.3 cm (sheet)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York


1542-60 The Rape of Ganymede
engraving by Anonymous 41.7 x 27.6 cm (sheet)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

after 1544 Judith and Holofernes
engraving by Giulio Bonasone 32 x 45.4 cm

1544-66 Leda and the Swan
engraving by Cornelis Bos (Netherlands)
30.2 x 41.3 cm (sheet)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York


1545-60 Joseph of Arimathea
engraving attributed to Nicolas Beatrizet (France)
37.8 x 19 cm (plate) 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

c1545-60 Conversion of Saul
engraving by Nicolas Beatrizet (France)
42.9 x 53.7 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1546 Bacchanal with putti
engraving by Eneo Vico (Italy)
28.4 x 41.3 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

1546 Bacchanal with putti
detail

1546 Bacchanal with putti
detail

1546 Judith giving the head of Holofernes on a platter
engraving by Enea Vico (Italy) 28.3 x 42.6 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1546 Judith giving the head of Holofernes on a platter
detail

1546 Judith giving the head of Holofernes on a platter
detail

1546 or later Leda and the Swan
engraving possibly by Cornelis Bos 24.3 x 35.1 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

1546 or later Leda and the Swan
detail

1546 or later Leda and the Swan
detail

1546 Pietà with Angels in front of the Cross
engraving by Giulio Bonasone (Italy)
36 x 20.6 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1547 Jeremiah
engraving by Nicolas Beatrizet (France)
42.8 x 29.5 cm 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1547 Mary at the foot of the Cross
etching / engraving by Nicolas Beatrizet (Italy)
36.9 x 25.9 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

1547 Pieta under the Cross of Golgatha
engraving by Giulio Bonasone
27.6 x 18.3 cm (Sheet)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1547 Pietà with Angels in front of the Cross
(almost identical to "Mary at the foot of the cross" above)
engraving by Nicolas Beatrizet (France)
37.5 x 26.2 cm (plate)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York


1548 The Last judgment
engraving by Nicolò della Casa Italy)
43.5 x 58 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam


1548 The Last judgment detail

1548 The Last judgment detail

1550 A Crucified Man (Haman)
engraving by Melchior Lorck (Denmark)
16.4 x 9.8 cm 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1550-60 The Crucifixion of Saint Peter
etching & engraving by Michele Lucchese (Italy)
41.8 x 32.4 cm (plate)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

c1550-70 Night
engraving attributed to Battista Franco (Italy)
14.7 x 25.5 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

c1550-70 Night detail

c1550-70 Night detail

c1550-1600 The Last Judgment
engraving by Anonymous 39.7 x 36.2 cm
The Metropolitan Museum 
 
c1550-1600 The Last Judgment detail

1550-1600c The Last Judgment detail

1550-1625 Naked man from behind, leaning on his hands  
black stone on beige paper
by Alessandro Allori

14.5 x 16.3 cm
Louvre Museum Department of Graphic Arts, Paris

1550-1625 Naked man leaning forward
by Alessandro Allori 
black stone on beige paper
13.1 x 26.7 cm cm
Louvre Museum Department of Graphic Arts, Paris

1550-1625 Venus and Love
by Alessandro Allori
black stone on paper 28.2 x 40.9 cm cm
Louvre Museum Department of Graphic Arts, Paris

1556-72 Pietà
engraving by "Master of the Name of Jesus Christ" (Italy)
35.7 x 25.9 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1561 Virgin and Child with Saints Joseph and John the Baptist
engraving & etching by Giulio Bonasone
20.3 x 27 cm (sheet)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

c1565 Striding Man
engraving with stipple 43.5 x 30.8 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Friday, 13 December 2024

Michelangelo prints - Part 1

Following the series on Michelangelo's works, this series features prints, mainly etchings and engravings made after his works. Many of them are contemporary to Michelangelo's own works, mostly 16th century and a few at the end of the series from the early 1800s.

Note: Many of the prints look similar to each other because they are copies of the same imagery, but most often at different dates.

This part 1 of a 4-part series on prints after Michelangelo:


1500s Moses, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"
engraving by Jacob Matham (Netherlands)
36.5 x 24.5 cm (sheet)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

mid 1500s St. Andrew
engraving by Giulio di Antonio Bonasone (Italy)
35.4 x 24.6 cm (plate)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

1500s Man Holding a Festoon
by unknown (Italy)
chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from two blocks in red-brown and black
2.4 x 25.5 cm (sheet)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

c1500 Satyr tied to a tree
pen and brown ink on beige paper 37.8 x 20.9 cm
Louvre, Paris

1500-50 The Virgin and Child by Bartolommeo Bandinelli
pen, brown ink and red chalk on white paper
32.6 x 22.5 cm
 Museum of Fine Arts, Rennes, France
 

1500s St. Peter's
etching & engraving by Etienne DuPérac (France)
342.8x 45 cm (sheet)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1501-80 Creation of Eve
engraving by Giulio Bonasone (Italy)
19.4 x 21,4 cm 
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

1501-80 Judith and her maid put Holofernes' head in a bag
etching & engraving by Giulio Bonasone (Italy)
31.5 xx 45.5 cm 
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

1501-80 Judith and her maid put Holofernes' head in a bag
detail

1501-80 Judith and her maid put Holofernes' head in a bag
detail

c1509 Naked man viewed from behind climbing a river bank
engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi (Italy)
20.9 x 13.7 cm (sheet)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1510-27 Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise
engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi
18.9 x 13.5 cm 
 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

1510 The Climbers
 engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi (Italy)
28.7 x 23 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1512 or later The Libyan Sibyl
engraving by unknown 27.8 x 20.3 cm 
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

1512 or later Prophet Jonah
 etching / engraving by unknown
27.8 x 20.4 cm 
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

c1520-62 The dream
engraving by Nicolas Beatrizet (attributed to) (Italy)
43.8 x 29.3 cm 
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

1522-77 Robbery of Ganymede
etching / engraving by Nicolas Beatrizet (attributed to) (italy)
 42.7 x 27.9 cm 
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

1524 Battle of Cascina
ettching / engraving by Agostino Veneziano  (Italy)
 32.7 x 44.5 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

1525-35 A Soldier Fastening His Breeches to His Breastplate
engraving by unknown (Italy)
16.3 x 12.2 cm (plate)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

1525-65 Tityus and the vulture
etching / engraving by Nicolas Beatrizet (Italy)
28.1 x 37.5 cm 
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

1525-65 Fall of Phaethon
etching / engraving vy Nicolas Beatrizet (Italy)
41.4 x 29 cm 1525-65 
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

1525-65 Drifting
etching / engraving by Nicolas Beatrizet (attributed to) (Italy)
24 x 35.2 cm 1525-65 
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

1530-66 Trumpeting Angels from The Last Judgment
engraving by Nicolas Beatrizet (France)
30.3 x 28.1 cm (plate)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

c1530-80 Death surprises a woman in front of a mirror
engraving by unknown (Italy)
35.2 x 24.7 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

1531-76 The ancestors of Christ flanking an inscribed tablet
engraving by Giulio Bonasone (Italy)
21.4 x 31.6 cm (sheet)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

before 1534 Two Nude Men
engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi (Italy)
size not given
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

1535-1601 Crucifixion of Peter
 etching / engraving by Giovanni Battista de'Cavalieri (Italy)
44.1 x 57.3 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

1535-1601 Crucifixion of Peter
detail

1535-1601 Crucifixion of Peter
detail

c1537-55 Moses
engraving by Cornelis Bos (possibly)
43.2 x 30 cm 

1540-45 The Creation of Eve
engraving by Giuiio Bonasone
19.4 x 21.6 cm (plate) 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1540-50 Saints and Martyrs
engraving by Domenico del Barbiere
36.7 x 22.8 cm
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

1540-66 Joseph of Arimathea
 engraving by Nicolas Beatrizet (France)
34.4 x 18 cm (sheet)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1542 Jupiter and Ganymede
engraving by Nicolas Beatrizet  (France)
37.5 x 28.2 cm (sheet)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA