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Petit Aethera. Un bienheureux qui monte au ciel

1591
ALBERTI Cherubino, gravé par
12814 LR/ Recto
Département des Arts graphiques
Inventory number
12814 LR/ Recto
Former inventory number:
90a
Handwritten inventory reference:
vol.7, p.20
Collection
Département des Arts graphiques
Collection Edmond de Rothschild
Artist/maker / School / Artistic centre
ALBERTI Cherubino (1553-1615), gravé par
Ecole florentine

Description

Object name/Title
Petit Aethera. Un bienheureux qui monte au ciel
Etudes de figures nues
Artwork condition
Épreuve du 1er état
Description/Features
Commentaire :
Bibliographie :
B 68;
TIB 68
M. Bury, 'The Print in Italy 550-1620', Londres 2001, pp. 145-146, cat. no. 95;
Bernadine Barnes, 'Michelangelo in Print. Reproductions as Response in the Sixteenth Century', Farnham 2010, p. 23-24;
Alessia Alberti (ed.), cat. expo, 'D'après Michelangelo. La fortuna di Michelangelo nelle stampe del Cinquecento', Castello Sforzesco, Milan, 2015, pp. 104-105, cat. no. 204;
Peter M. Lukehart, "Nuda Veritas: the Alterlife of Michelangelo's Indecorous Figures in the Last Judgement", in Marco Simone Bolzoni - Furio Rinaldi - Patrizia Tosini (eds.), Dopo il 1564: l'eredità di Michelangelo a Roma nel tardo Cinquecento / After 1546: Michelangelo's Legacy in Late Cinquecento Rome, Rome 2016, pp. 36-55;
Jean-Gérald Castex, in cat. expo. 'From Michelangelo to Callot. The art of mannerist printmaking', Prague, National Gallery, 2024, p. 113-114, cat. n° 2b.

Physical characteristics

Dimensions
H. 0,424 m ; L. 0,228 m
Materials and techniques
Etat I/II.
Gravé en haut au centre : PETIT AETHERA; au-dessous, dans un médaillon tenu par deux anges : ILL[VSTRISSI]MO ET R[EVERENDISSI]MO / D[OMINO] / ALEXANDRO / MEDICES / S[ACRAE] R[OMANAE] E[CCLESIAE] CAR[DINALI] / AMPLISS[IMO]; en bas, de part et d'autre des panneaux : M[ICHAEL] ANG[ELVS]·B[ONAROTVS]·PINXIT - IN VATICANO; au-dessous des panneaux : Cherub[in]i Albertus f[ecit] - Romae 1591

Places and dates

Date
1591

History

Collector / Previous owner / Commissioner / Archaeologist / Dedicatee
Dernière provenance : Rothschild, baron Edmond de
Acquisition details
don
Acquisition date
1935

Location of object

Current location
Réserve Edmond de Rothschild

This artwork is on view by appointment in the reference room for prints and drawings

Index

Techniques
eau-forte
Last updated on 22.01.2025
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