The Drawings of Michelangelo and His Followers in the Ashmolean Museum

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CATALOGUES 75–76 STUDIO DRAWINGS AND DRAWINGS OF UNDETERMINED STATUS 325

[no doubt Cat. 19 ] and a pieta, both pen. His writing

on the back of one.” £ 1. 11. 6 ); Sir Thomas Lawrence

(L. 2445 , not now visible); Samuel Woodburn.

References

Ottley sale?, 11 April 1804 , part of lot 270 (“Five –

various pen studies of figures and architecture – some of

his writing on the back of three – from the Bonarroti col-

lection.”). Ottley sale, 6 June 1814 , etc., lot 261 (“Two –

an architectural design [no doubt Cat. 19 ] and a pieta,

both pen. His writing on the back of one.”). Lawrence

Inventory?, 1830 ,M.A.Buonaroti Case 3 , Drawer 3

[ 1830 - 103 ] (“Architectural and other studies – pen” [with

Cats. 3 and 19 ].). Woodburn,184 2,no. 72 (“Three small

studies – upon one mount...with the autograph of M.

Angelo” with [Cats. 3 and 19 ].). Robinson,187 0,no. 48. 1

(Michel Angelo. Probably part of BM W 34 with dated

letter of 18 October15 2 4on verso, or dealing with same

matter at the same time; the BM drawing is “precisely

similar in style to the sketch in the present sheet.”). Black,

1875 ,p. 214 ,no. 43 a. Gotti, 1875 , II, p. 234. Berenson,

1903 ,no.15 6 7. 1 (Dead Christ supported on the knees of

a disciple, c.15 2 4.). K. Frey, 1909 – 11 ,no. 138 a (Recto:

Piet`asketch, similar to Michelangelo’s St. Peter’s group.

Ve r so: not a fragment of BM sheet with a letter, but of the

same time and dealing with the same subject, Michelan-

gelo’s salary from the Pope.). Thode, 1913 ,no. 429 (“[S]o

undeutlich, dass sie schwer zu beurtheilen ist”; verso letter

of15 2 4.). Berenson, 1938 ,no.15 6 7. 1 (As 1903 .). Wilde,

1953 a,p. 68 (Sketch similar in style to W 34 recto, by Mini

probably of October15 2 4. Fragment of a copy letter on

versoofthat drawing deals with the same matter as that on

the verso of this drawing, at a slightly later stage.). Wilde,

1953 exh., no. 140 a. Parker, 1956 ,no.37 8∗(Closely con-

nected with BM W 34. “[M]ight be due to the hand of

Mini.”). Dussler, 1959 ,no. 623 (Very probably by Mini.).

Berenson, 1961 ,no.15 6 7. 1 (As 1903 / 1938 .). Berti, 1965 ,

p. 458 (The Dead Christ resting on the knees of a disci-

ple.). Hartt, 1971 ,p. 391 (Rejected.). De Tolnay, 1980 ,

Corpus IV, p. 133 (Rejected.). Perrig, 1999 ,p. 247 (By a

pupil of Michelangelo; from via Mozza studio.).

CATALOGUE 76

raffaellodamontelupo (c. 1505–1566)

Recto: Michelangelo’sEveningand Other Studies

Ve r so: Studies of a Man’s Leg and a Skeleton

184 6- 27 ;R. 43 ;P.II 406