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Portrait of Michelangelo at Age Seventy-Two
Portrait of Michelangelo at Age Seventy-Two
Object number1985.22

Portrait of Michelangelo at Age Seventy-Two

Date1546
Artist (Italian, c. 1510–after 1576)
after (Italian, 1523-1567)
CultureItalian
MediumEngraving in black ink on cream laid paper, second state
DimensionsImage: 9 1/16 x 7 1/16 in. (23.02 x 17.94 cm)
Sheet: 9 1/16 x 7 1/16 in. (23.02 x 17.94 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, Mary (Elizabeth) Weitzel Gibbons, class of 1951, Fund
On View
Not on view
Period16th c
Classification(s)
SignedSigned (LR, in plate): IVLIO • B • F; and dated: M D X LVI
InscribedInscribed: MICHAEL ANGELUS BONAROTUS / PATRITIUS FLORENTINUS AN AGENS LXXII / QUANTUM IN NATURA ARS NATURAQUE POSSIT IN ARTE / HIC QVI NATURAE PAR FUIT ART E DOCET / M D XLVI
Catalogue raisonnéMassari 85aBibliographyTransmission of Fame: Italian Renaissance Prints (Poughkeepsie, The Frances Lehamn Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, 2004) ; Massari 85a
Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryTransmission of Fame: Italiain Renaissance Prints (April 9 - June 13, 2004; FLLAC)
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