The Drawings of Michelangelo and His Followers in the Ashmolean Museum

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APPENDIX 1

drawings by or attributed to michelangelo in

william young ottley’s sales

TEXTS

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An Extensive Collection of Capital Drawings, 14 April18 03,

and seven days following, except Sunday. Thomas Philipe,

Warwick Street, Golden Square, London.

michael angelo buonaroti

18.Two–Sybils, one in bistre on blue paper, heightened;

two in red chalk, one pen; Judith with the head of

Holofernes, black chalk and bistre, heightened.

19.Three – The Brazen Serpent, in an angle, pen and

bistre; the Fall of Phaeton, pen and Indian ink; and a

composition in black chalk, bymarcello venusti,great

design.

20.Four – The Annunciation, pen and bistre, two Holy

Families, pen; and a Pieta, pen and bistre.

21.Two–The Deluge, one a small fine pen sketch, round;

the other the great composition in thecapellasistina,mas-

terly pen and Indian ink, heightened.

22.One–AgroupintheLast Judgement, pen and bistre.

From Sir Peter Lely’s collection.

23.One – Pen sketch, on blue paper, most masterly. From

Hudson’s collection.

24.Two–The Descent from the Cross, masterly pen and

bistre, and Sarcophagus, pen and Indian ink.

25.One – Muscular figures on both sides, masterly fine pen.

26.One – Bust of a young man, after Michael Angelo, black

chalk, see account at bottom.

27.Four – two of studies, pen, and two drawings in pen and

bistre, bykent,fromM.Angelo’s model for restoring the

celebrated antique torso.

See on the back, quotations from Richardson and Wright.

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587 .One – A whole length portrait of Michael Angelo,

black chalk, on blue paper, heightened, from the Duke of

Argyll’s collection.

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Capital Collection of Drawings of the Great Masters of all

the Schools. 11 April 1804 and three days following. Thomas

Philipe, Warwick Street, Golden Square, London.

michael angelo

264.One – a naked youth standing, red chalk, very fine.

2 65.Three – two studies, in black chalk; and one ditto,

masterly pen – on the back of the last is an account of money,

in the writing of the celebrated artist – bought from the

family of the artist, still resident in Florence.

266.Six – studies of heads – three in black chalk, two in red

and one fine pen – from the Martelli collection at Florence.

267.Nine – studies of legs and thighs – four in black, four

redchalk, and one pen, from the same collection.

268.Ten–ditto, and arms, etc. – 2 arms, one foot, red chalk,

three arms and one leg and thigh, in black chalk; an arm,

pen; a horse’s head and a monstrous animal, black chalk –

from the Bonarroti collection – on the back of one are some

verses autograph of this great artist.

269.Four – three profile heads; and a military figure, on

one knee, all in red chalk; on the back of the latter is a pen

sketch – the heads are from the Martelli collection.

270.Five – various pen studies of figures and architecture –

some of his writing on the back of three – from the Bonarroti

collection.

271.One leaf containing nine capital studies, in black chalk,

two horses, five thighs, with legs, and two feet, from the

Martelli collection.

272.One ditto, containing two studies of heads, ears, archi-

tecture, etc., all masterly pen, from Lely’s collection.

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