The Drawings of Michelangelo and His Followers in the Ashmolean Museum

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298 COPIES OF SURVIVING DRAWINGS CATALOGUES 63–64

what the compiler believes to be the final one, developed
from Cat. 39 ,ofaround a decade later, or even for some
intermediate one.
The compiler finds certain similarities between the
present copy and drawings by Marco Marchetti da Faenza
(before 1553 – 88 ).

History
Carlo Prayer; Alfred Beurdeley, Paris sale, 31 May 1920 ,
from lot 110.

References
Parker, 1956 ,no.34 9(Related to projected double tomb
of Lorenzo the Magnificent and Giuliano. Michelangelo’s
original design lost; this probably drawn in his studio.).

Dussler, 1959 ,no. 635 and under no. 699 (Copy; doc-
umentary value questionable.). Gere and Turner, 1975 ,
no. 52 (“[O]f good quality and seems at least to be a prod-
uct of the studio.”). Perrig, 1981 ,pp. 267 , 282 (Copy after
Michelangelo.). Joannides, 2003 a,p. 137 (Copy.).

CATALOGUE 64

A Copy of Michelangelo’s Design for the Magnifici Tomb
184 6. 95 ;R. 41 ;P.II35 0

Dimensions: 251 × 236 mm

Watermark: Briquet 6098 ,15 4 3– 59.
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