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Drawings by and After Michelangelo Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-55133-5 - The Drawings of Michelangelo and his Followers in the Ashmolean Museum Paul Joannides Index More information INDEX 1 drawings by and after michelangelo and his close associates in collections other than that of the ashmolean museum; other works of art and architecture by michelangelo and works executed by other artists to his designs (excluding appendices) The numbers in bold type refer to catalogue entries, the others refer to pages BAYONNE Lost works BRUGES Mus´eeBonnat David in bronze, last recorded in 1795 at the Inv. 650 verso/Bean 69/Corpus 337: Notre Dame Chateauˆ de Villeroy 2, 25 Study for the Bacchanal of Infants 34 Madonna 1, 2, 21 The Fall of Phaeton (coloured copy after Inv. 680/Bean 65/Corpus 75: Sketches for the Michelangelo by Francesco Salviati) 24 Raising of Lazarus for Sebastiano del BRUSSELS Ganymede (copy after Michelangelo by Piombo 35, 47 Emile Wauters Collection (Formerly) Daniele da Volterra). 29 Inv. 1216/Bean 70: Fragment of an Order Sheet Frey 1909–11, 249a recto: Figure Sketches Hercules (statue in marble carved in 1493; last for Marble Blocks 23 (after Michelangelo by an unidentified recorded at Fontainebleau in the eighteenth Inv. 1217/Bean 67/Corpus 346: Compositional associate or pupil) 43, 59 century) 3 Sketch for the Last Judgement 53 Frey 1909–11, 249a recto: Hercules and Antaeus (wax model presented by Inv. 595/Bean 73: Portrait of a Young Man A Letter 43, 59 Michelangelo to Leone Leoni) 23 (Tommaso de’ Cavalieri?) 33, 42 Leda (painting taken to France by Antonio Mini and destroyed in the seventeenth BUDAPEST BERLIN century) 8, 26 Museum of Fine Arts Kupferstichkabinett Inv. 1959 recto: The Brazen Serpent (copy of Inv. 1363/Corpus 27: Various Sketches and a upper episode on Cat. 34 by Raffaello da AMSTERDAM Study for the Head of a Madonna 1 Montelupo) 34 Historical Museum Inv. 15305 recto/Corpus 55: Modello for the Inv. 1959 verso: Figures from Michelangelo’s A18115: The Entombment with Five Figures (by Tomb of Pope Julius II 52, 18,35,63,76 Modello for a Ducal Tomb (partial, after Louvre an unidentified draughtsman, perhaps from Inv. 15305 verso/Corpus 55: Studies of Legs Inv. 837/J27/Corpus 186 by Raffaello da the circle of Daniele da Volterra, probably 18, 81 Montelupo) 34 after a lost drawing by Michelangelo) 51 Inv. 20976: The ground plan of San Giovanni Inv. K67.35: Christ on the Cross (After British dei Fiorentini (After Michelangelo’s lost model Museum W67/Corpus 411,byan by an unidentified seventeenth-century? unidentified sixteenth-century Rijksmuseum draughtman) 105 draughtsman) 67 53:140/Corpus 435: Study for the Equestrian Collection Dr. W. Kreis (Formerly) Statue of Henri II and Its Base 55, 52 CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS Modello for the Tomb of the Magnifici (Indirect The Fogg Art Museum copy after Paris, Louvre 837/J26/Corpus Paintings 194 by an unidentified sixteenth-century AREZZO The Resurrection (painting by Marcello Venusti draughtsman) 63 Casa Vasari after Michelangelo’s drawing BM Cod.12, cap. 22/Corpus 593: First Diagram of W52/Corpus 258) 38 the Vault Construction of the Cappella del Re de BESANC¸ON Francia in St. Peter’s 48 Mus´eedes Beaux-Arts Cod.12, cap. 24/Corpus 594: Second Diagram D3117 /Corpus 319 : Studies of Facial Details Drawings of the Vault Construction of the Cappella del Re (after Michelangelo by an unidentified 1932-152 recto/Corpus 438: Design for a de Francia in St. Peter’s 48 sixteenth-century draughtsman) 20, 40 Hanging Lamp and Other Studies 30, 77 1998-194: A Window for Palazzo Farnese BOSTON (Copy of Cat. 55 recto, by an unidentified BASSANO ROMANO Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum sixteenth-century draughtsman) 55 San Vincenzo Martire Hadley no. 7/Corpus 426: The Risen Christ (first version of Pieta` 7, 38, 54, 56, 57 CAMBRIDGE, UK Michelangelo’s The Risen Christ in Santa Hadley p. 67: Copy of Michelangelo’s Study for The Fitzwilliam Museum Maria sopra Minerva, re-worked by another Haman (BM W13/Corpus 163; Perhaps 3056 recto/Corpus 401: Christ Taking Leave of hand) 19 indirect, after Windsor PW 450) 36 His Mother 50 475 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-55133-5 - The Drawings of Michelangelo and his Followers in the Ashmolean Museum Paul Joannides Index More information 476 INDEX 1 3056 verso/Corpus 401: Christ Appearing to Corpus 382 verso: Architectural Sketches 49 FLORENCE His Mother on the Morning of the Resurrection? See Christie’s, New York, 24 January 2006, Museums and Galleries or Christ Taking Leave of His Mother 50 lot 18 Galleria dell’Accademia 1070-2, fol. 8 recto: An Antique Statue of Unnumbered recto: The Entombment with Sculpture Venus (part copy of Cat. 58 by Sir Edward Five Figures (by an unidentified draughtsman David 2, 3, 108 Burne-Jones) 58 [sometimes attributed to Jacomo del Duca] Saint Matthew 1, 3 1070-2, fol. 9 recto: The Brazen Serpent probably a facsimile of a lost drawing by The Four Prigioni 18 (part copy of Cat. 34 by Sir Edward Michelangelo) 33, 51 Comprising The Young Slave 20 Burne-Jones) 34 Unnumbered verso: Ground plans of several The Bearded Slave 8, 20 1070-2, fol. 11 recto: A Beckoning Nude Man buildings, some perhaps related to San Giovanni The Atlas 20 (part copy of Cat. 59 by Sir Edward dei Fiorentini (by an unidentified draughtsman The Awakening Slave 20 Burne-Jones) 59 [sometimes attributed to Jacomo del Duca] The Palestrina Pieta` 48 1070-2, fol. 16 recto: The Brazen Serpent probably a facsimile of a lost drawing by (part copy of Cat. 34 by Sir Edward Michelangelo). See Christie’s, New York, Painting Burne-Jones) 34 25 January 2005, lot 26 33, 51 Venus and Cupid (painting after 1070-2, fol. 17 recto: The Brazen Serpent See also Washington 1991-217 Michelangelo’s design by Jacopo (part copy of Cat. 34 by Sir Edward Pontormo) 110 Burne-Jones) 34 DRESDEN 1070-2, fol. 26 recto: Hercules and the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Museo Nazionale del Bargello Erymanthian Boar (copy after Cat. 29 verso Kupferstichkabinett Bacchus 8, 74 by Sir Edward Burne-Jones) 29 C.49 recto/Corpus 276: Modello for a Apollo? 28 1070-2, fol. 39 recto: A Groom Assisting a Monumental Altar? 52 Cavalryman to Mount a Horse (copy after Cat. C.49 verso/Corpus 276: Ground Plan for San Archivio Buonarroti (now housed in Casa 7 verso by Sir Edward Burne-Jones) 7 Giovanni dei Fiorentini (after a lost drawing by 1070-2, fol. 40 recto: Details from the tomb of Buonarroti) Michelangelo by an unidentified sixteenth- II-III, fol. 3 verso/B287/Corpus 15 : Sketches the Magnifici (part copy of Cat. 64) 64 century draughtsman) 54 1070-2, fol. 40 verso: Partial copy of Cat. 5,by of a Male Nude 1 1989-106, Christ on the Cross (after British V, 66 fol. 239 verso/B353/Corpus 200: Sir Edward Burne-Jones 5 Museum W67/Corpus 411, perhaps by 1070–2, fol. 41 recto: Partial copy of Cat. 5,by Sketches of Pilasters, 38 Giulio Clovio) 67 VI, 24 verso/B346/Corpus 259: Sketch for the Sir Edward Burne-Jones 5 C.54 Copy of Two Standing Men (After Cat. 24 PD 122-1961: A Standing Male nude in Left Risen Christ 38 verso by an unidentified sixteenth-century XI, fol. 722 verso/B347/Corpus 584: The Profile (adapted from the wax model Casa draughtsman) 24 Buonarroti Inv. 521 after Michelangelo, by Ground Plan of a House 23 Bartolommeo Passerotti) 114 XII, fol. 46/B360: Bending Figure in Left DUBLIN Profile (probably by Antonio Mini) 39 National Gallery of Ireland CHANTILLY XIII, fol. 127/B339/Corpus 539: Template for Inv. 2666: Various Copies After Lost and Mus´eeCond´e the Frame of the Door between the Vestibule and Surviving Drawings by Michelangelo Lanfranc de Panthou 28 recto/Corpus 24: the Reading-Room of the Laurentian Library 48 (by an unidentified sixteenth-century Studies of Nude and Draped Figures, in Part XIII, fol. 148/B367/Corpus 252: Sketch for draughtsman) 59 After the Antique 40, 58 the Risen Christ 38 Lanfranc de Panthou 39: Copy after the Last XIII, fol. 158 –159 /B336/Corpus 536: Template Judgement (indirect copy, by a draughtman in DUSSELDORF for a Cornice 48 the circle of Adamo Scultori) 93 Museum Kunst Palast XIII, fol. 160/B350/Corpus 366: Crowning Lanfranc de Panthou 48 recto and verso: FP 138: Attack of the Serpents 34 Element for a Papal Tomb 25 “Prudentia” (copy of a lost drawing by FP 139: Attack of the Serpents 34 Michelangelo, by Raffaello da Montelupo) FP 151 recto: The Brazen Serpent (indirect Casa Buonarroti 66 copy of upper episode on Cat. 34 via Uffizi Painting 606E recto, by Raffaello da Montelupo; by The Epifania (unfinished painting by Ascanio ∗ CUMBERLAND Guglielmo della Porta or Giovanni Antonio Condivi prepared in 1895-9-15 -518 /W75/ G. McKay Collection (in 1955) Dosio) 34 Corpus 389) 19 Christ on the Cross (after British Museum FP 151 verso: Figures from a Lost Drawing by W67/Corpus 411, by an unidentified Michelangelo for the Magnifici Tomb (indirect Sculpture sixteenth-century draughtsman) 67 copy after Uffizi 607E by Raffaello da The Battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs 4, 7 Montelupo; by Guglielmo della Porta or The Madonna of the Stairs 19, 36 DETROIT Giovanni Antonio Dosio) 34 Inv. 191: A Male Torso (terracotta model, Detroit Institute of Arts probably for a prigiono) 41 27.2 recto/Corpus 120: Sketch for the Layout EDINBURGH Inv. 192: A Mature Man Overcoming a Young of the Sistine Ceiling and for Figural Details 40 National Gallery of Scotland Man (model in clay for a group on the Tomb 27.2 verso/Corpus 120: Studies of Seated Department of Drawings of Julius II) 20, 41 Figures and Arms 40 RSA256: Copy of a Section of the Last Inv.
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