The Drawings of Michelangelo and His Followers in the Ashmolean Museum

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CATALOGUES 16–17 WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY AUTOGRAPH SHEETS 117

figure inAbraamlunette.). Hartt, 1971 ,no. 112 (Recto:

forIacob.); no. 111 (Verso: probably for arms and legs of

Iacob[left] andAram[right].). Gere and Turner, 1975 ,no.

31 (Recto). De Tolnay, 1975 , Corpus I, no. 173 (Recto:

sketch for the left-hand figure in the lostAbraam-Isaac-

Iacob-Iudaslunette, also studied in [Cat. 13 recto H]. Verso:

[A], motif reappears, reversed, in [Cat. 9 verso H]; [B] per-

haps a first idea for figure with staff inPhares-Esron-Aram

lunette.). Hirst, 1986 a,p. 212 (Notes that [Cat. 16 ]verso

was once a recto, originally facing [Cat. 15 ]verso.).

CATALOGUE 17

Study for the Left-Hand Figure in the Lunette of

Asa-Iosaphat-Ioram(Sixth Bay)

184 6. 44 ;R. 27 ;P.II 298 ; Corpus 161

Dimensions

205 × 212 mm

Watermark: A bird perched on a mount within a qua-

trefoil; Robinson Appendix, no. 6 ;very close to Briquet

12252 (Bologna,151 2– 36 ); not in Roberts.

Medium

Red chalk.

Condition

There is inherent creasing, a hole repair, and edge dis-

ruption. Edge nicks and ingrained dirt are visible. Shiny

spattered deposits, possibly wax, can be seen in raking

light. There is uneven discolouration, a dirty stain and

skinning, and in-drawing in places.