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CATALOGUES 88–89 COPIES AFTER PAINTINGS 353
four edges to the backboard of the mount, so the verso is
not visible.
Numbering
In pen and ink at the lower left corner, an old number 48.
Discussion
A copy of good quality, despite the slight awkwardness of
the foreshortening, datable around the middle of the six-
teenth century, but probably not made directly from the
fresco. No author has been suggested, and the drawing
does not seem to be by any of the identified copyists of
Michelangelo. However, Francesco Salviati made a num-
ber of precise red chalk copies after individual figures and
details from Michelangelo’s ceiling during the153 0s (and
later), some of which were themselves copied by other
artists, and the present drawing might prove to have been
copied from a lost drawing by Salviati. It does parallel
his habit of juxtaposing areas of high finish with areas of
simple outline. Vasari records that he and Salviati copied
one another’s copies – although the present drawing is
not likely to be by Vasari – and no doubt this practice was
widespread among young artists.
History
Sir Joshua Reynolds (L. 2364 ); Sir Thomas Lawrence
(L. 2445 ); Samuel Woodburn.
References
Woodburn, 184 2,no. 23 (“Study for the Adam in
theCreation of Eve...careful drawing in black chalk.”).
Woodburn,184 6,no. 31 (As184 2.). Fisher, 1852 ,p. 4 ,
pl. 17 (As Woodburn,184 2.). Fisher, 1865 ,I,p. 17 , pl. 17
(As 1852 .). Robinson,187 0,no. 34 (Copy from Michel
Angelo, probably executed soon after the fresco’s comple-
tion.). Fisher,187 2, II, p. 22 , pl. 17 (As 1852 .). Gotti, 1875 ,
II, p. 221 (“Studio per l’Adamo, nel fresco che rappresenta
la creazione di Eva. Un bel disegno.” Mistakenly located
in the collection of Frederick Locker in confusion with
the study for Adam now in the British Museum, W 11 .).
Fisher,187 9, XXV/ 27 (“Copy from the fresco.”). Thode,
1913 ,p. 210 (Copy.). Parker, 1956 ,no. 358 (Mid-sixteenth
century.).
CATALOGUE 89
The ProphetIonas
184 6. 104 ;R. 35 ;P.II35 9
Dimensions: 402 × 281 mm
Medium
Black chalk. Later framing line in pen and ink.