Nude from the Sistine Chapel: M.H-II-212

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Nude from the Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo's Nudes on the Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Coornhert, Dirk Volkertsz
Draughtsman: Heemskerck, Maerten van (After)

Entities

Print

Categories

Album
Print

Description

Apparently after drawings by Heemskerck, dating from his years in Rome. The set consisting of twenty plates.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by the Rev. R. E. Kerrich 1872 (received 1873)

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1873) by Kerrich, Richard Edward

Dating

16th Century
Production date: AD 1551

Note

Borderlines drawn in ink, lower left corner torn.

School or Style

Techniques used in production

Engraving
Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.H-II-212
Primary reference Number: 143828
New Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 572
Illustrated Bartsch: Vol. 55, 075:20
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 27 February 2013

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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