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Pietà: P.4122-R-222

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Pietà

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Monogrammist I. H. S.
Draughtsman: Michelangelo Buonarroti (After)

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1928) by Whitley, Leonard

Note

After Michelangelo's drawing for Vittoria Colonna, now in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

School or Style

Italian

Components of the work

Sheet Height 344 mm Width 242 mm

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: INRI /NON VI SI PENSA QUANTO SANGUE COSTA
  • Location: Plate upper centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: IHS
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Monogram
  • Text: M. ANGELVS BONAR. INVE
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: IS<I
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.4122-R-222
Primary reference Number: 200045
Passavant: undescribed
Bartsch: undescribed
Nagler (Monogrammisten): undescribed

Audit data

Created: Friday 12 December 2014 Updated: Friday 12 December 2014

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Pietà" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/200045 Accessed: 2024-04-26 16:21:32

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