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CATALOGUE 25 WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY AUTOGRAPH SHEETS 147emphasises that it “is of some interest in the history of
engraving as being one of the first, if not the first, attempts
to make an exact facsimile of a drawing.”
2. Published by Ottley, 1 May 1812 , following p. 26 of
Ottley 1808 – 23 , etched by F. C. Lewis, 177 × 133 mm.Verso
3. Published by Ottley, 1 November 1808 ,facing p. 26 of
Ottley, 1808 – 23 , etched by W. Y. Ottley, 296 × 193 mm.History
William Young Ottley, his sale, 6 June 1814 , etc., lot
1682 (“One – two draped figures, standing, bold pen –
engraved in Mr Ottley’s work – a head in profile, full of
character, on the back” £ 35. 0. 0 ); Sir Thomas Lawrence
(no stamp); Samuel Woodburn.References
GD, 1610 (Reduced and reversed engraving of recto.
The subject identified in the letterpress as Bartolommei
Colleoni.). Ottley, 1808 – 23 ,p. 26 and following plates
(Recto and verso: Michelangelo, early 1490 s.). Ottley
sale, 6 June 1814 , etc., lot 1682 (“One – two draped
figures, standing, bold pen – engraved in Mr Ottley’s
work – a head in profile, full of character, on the back.”).
Lawrence Inventory, 1830 ,M.A.Buonaroti, Case 3 ,
Drawer 3 [ 1830 - 104 ] (“Two Apostles largely Draped, on
the reverse a head full of expression, pen.”). Woodburn,
1836 b,no. 91 (Verso alone catalogued.). Woodburn,184 2,
no. 32 (“[O]n the reverse is the head of a man in a cap.”).
Fisher,186 2,p. 5 , pl. 18 [sic: pl. 19 ] (Recto and verso:
Michelangelo.). Fisher, 1865 , II, p. 24 , pl. 19 (As186 2.).
Robinson,187 0,no. 2 (Perhaps before15 0 0;classed with
Cats. 33 , 58 , and 113 .). Fisher,187 2, II, p. 22 , pl. 19 (As
186 2.). Black, 1875 ,p. 213 ,no. 2. Gotti, 1875 , II, p. 237.
Fisher,187 9, II/ 2 (Recto; verso: “[A]quiline nose and
keen glancing eyes.”). Berenson, 1903 ,no.15 4 6(Recto:
like [Cat. 33 ] and contemporary. Verso: “Powerful and
masterly.”). Thode, 1913 ,no. 388 (Same technique as
[Cat. 33 ]; engraved in 1610 .). Panofsky, 1927 – 8 ,p. 241
(Mini.). Berenson, 1938 ,no.15 4 6(As 1903 .). Delacre,
1938 ,p. 90 (“[D]essin si particulierement vivant.”). Gold-`
scheider, 1951 ,p. 179 and fig. 200 (Recto: Battista
Franco.). Wilde, 1953 exh., no. 56 (Verso: usually dated
earlier but similar in style to [Cat. 28 ] and BM W 29 dat-
able c.15 2 6.). Wilde, 1953 a,p. 60 (“[A] variant of an ear-
lier invention of Michelangelo’s...the figure of the Vir-
gin” in Louvre 685 recto/J 16 /Corpus 26 .). Parker, 1956 ,
no. 327 (Close connection with Cat. 33 and HaarlemA 22 /VT 45 /Corpus 10 recto and verso. “Though the
powerful study on therectotips the balance to the side of
Michelangelo, it is undeniable that certain features com-
mon to the whole group are unusual, and that the attri-
bution to Franco deserves at least to be carefully consid-
ered.”). Dussler, 1959 ,no. 597 (Rejected; falls with Cat.
33. Not Mini. Link with Haarlem A 22 /VT 45 /Corpus
10 .Perhaps Battista Franco.). Berenson, 1961 ,no.15 4 6
(As 1903 / 1938 .). Goldscheider, 1965 , pl. Xb (As 1951 .).
Weinberger, 1967 ,p.34 2(Recto: follower of Michelan-
gelo “an interpretation of a Castagno type and under
the direct influence of ” Louvre, Inv. 684 /J 29 /Corpus
95 .). Hartt, 1971 ,p. 390 (Recto and verso; rejected.).
De Tolnay, 1974 ,p. 15 (Recto: perhaps after Masac-
cio.). Gere and Turner, 1975 ,no. 103 (Verso: close in
style and handling to Cat. 33 and evidently dating from
the same period, c.15 2 6.). De Tolnay, 1975 , Corpus I,
no. 8 (Recto: Michelangelo,15 0 4– 5. Quattrocentesque
appearance. Reports Peter Meller’s suggestion that it may
reflect a head in Masolino’sCrucifixionin San Clemente.
Ve r so: probably by Michelangelo, c.15 2 6, after sculp-
ture of the early quattrocento.). Sisi, 1988 ,no. 5 (Verso:
left-hand figure reproduces the figure at the right of
Jacopo della Quercia’sCircumcisionon the door of San
Petronio. Right-hand figure a free interpretation of clas-
sical Sophocles type.); no. 21 (Recto: synthesis of var-
ious quattrocento types. Recalls profile of Nicholas of
Tolentino by Andrea del Castagno and profiles by Uccello
on Duomo clock face.). Griffiths, 1993 ,p. 259 (Dis-
cussion of the engraving of the recto.). Van Tuyll van
Serooskerken, 2000 ,pp. 93 – 4 (This drawing and Cat. 33 ,
seem later and more developed than the sheet in Haar-
lem, A 22 /VT 45 /Corpus 10 .); p. 151 ,no. 78 (The Haar-
lem copy of the verso discussed; its inscriptiondi Michel
Angelo buona Rotifurther supports the authenticity of the
Oxford sheet.).CATALOGUE 25Recto: Figure Sketches and a Study for a Wall Tomb
Ve r so: A Standing Figure
184 6. 53 ;R. 42 ( 2 ); P.II 307 ; Corpus 187Dimensions: 127 × 212 mmMedium
Recto: Red chalk and black chalk with some use of ruler.
Ve r so: Red chalk.