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| Production People Anonymous Artist (Print made by) Anonymous Artist Cherubino Alberti (Copy after) Alberti, Cherubino b Borgo San Sepolcro, 24 Feb 1553; d Rome, 18 Oct 1615 Michelangelo (After) Michelangelo (Buonarroti) [Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni] b Caprese, ?6 March 1475; d Rome, 18 Feb 1564 Title / Description St John the Baptist, from the Studies of Figures from The Last Judgement Date 1591 Technique engraving Material paper Dimensions 415 x 226 mm (sheet, trimmed close to platemark) Inscriptions Inscribed and dated in the tondo at top: 'NVDA/VERITAS/Romae 1591', at the bottom: 'M ANG B PINXIT' and 'IN VATICANO' State copy in reverse Watermark ![]() visible, height: 12 mm, width: 37 mm Provenance Nikolaus Esterházy (Lugt 1966) References Bartsch XVII.74.67 (copy in reverse) Adam Bartsch, Le peintre-graveur, vols. 21, Vienna 1803-21 Bury 2001, under no. 94 Michael Bury, The Print in Italy 1550-1620, exhibition catalogue, London, The British Museum 2001 Comment The figure, standing on Christ's right in Michelangelo's Last Judgment, is isolated here and presented as a self-standing invention. According to Michael Bury in 2001, the combination of image and motto-like title in the elaborated cartouche with angels gives the image the character of an emblem. Inventory Number 5854 Classification Prints: Italian: 16th century: Mounted I |
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