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CATALOGUE 30 WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY AUTOGRAPH SHEETS 173in perspective or optics.” Linked with British Museum,
W 33 /Corpus 236 and of the same date as that,15 2 4.“Very
likely” that they were made for the colossal marble group
taken over by Bandinelli. The “two slight sketches of an
owl...probably for La Notte.” Verso: “great diversity of
sketches...several repeated by a weaker hand, probably
that of a thoughtful scholar.” Lines of poetry “although
here written continuously without any break, have been
published as three separate madrigals.”). Ruskin,187 2,
p. 100 (“[T]the vile face,” i.e., [K].). Black, 1875 ,p. 214 ,
no. 42. Gotti, 1875 , II, p. 234. Springer187 8,p.38 7(One
of three sketches forHercules and Antaeus, which show
that this is the subject initially planned by Michelangelo.).
Springer, 1883 , II, pp. 223 – 4 (As187 8.). K. Frey, 1897 ,
pp. 37 – 8 ,no. XXXVII; pp. 332 – 3 (Transcription of verso
poem; dates it 1532 – 3 .). Berenson, 1903 ,I,pp. 214 , 255 ,
261 – 2 ;no. 1712 (By Montelupo in Michelangelo’s stu-
dio, c. 1532 , the date assigned by Frey to the verses. The
studies ofHercules and Antaeusare variations on Haarlem
A 24 /VT 63 /Corpus 238 and W 33 /Corpus 236. The
lighter sketches “for children’s toys.”). Thode, 1908 ,I,
p. 487 ; II, p. 294 (Verso [now recto]: sketches forHer-
cules and Antaeus,15 2 4– 5 ;sketches for the owl accom-
panyingNight.). K. Frey, 1909 – 11 ,no. 145 (Verso [now
recto]: two hands, Michelangelo [F, I, and K]; the remain-
der by Mini, datable to period of Medici chapel.Hercules
and Antaeusfor statue commission; poem shows state of
depression after the fall of Florence (no. 144 ); Recto [now
verso]: by Michelangelo the rider [M]?, [O] the acrobat,
probably a lamp, [H] the skull, [T] the giraffe; datable
c.15 2 4.). Thode, 1913 ,no. 428 (Verso [now recto]: all
sketches autograph, with the exception of the caricat-
ural head [J] by a pupil. Recto [now verso]: fourteen
sketches listed, eight of which are autograph: [E, M, N,
O,H, I, V, perhaps D]; [G] a repetition of [D] by Mini,
who is also responsible for the other sketches.). Popp,
1922 ,p. 143 (Recto: sketches of an owl, andHercules
and Antaeusand the two heads lower left by Michelan-
gelo,15 2 4– 5 ,but not the leg study.). Popp, 1925 ,p. 19
(Recto: Hercules sketches by Michelangelo. Profile pos-
sibly copied after a drawing by Michelangelo. Verso: by
Mini; the old man, the vessel and the giraffe corrected
byMichelangelo.). Panofsky, 1927 – 8 ,p. 224 (Recto:
doubts about the authenticity of Windsor PW 423 /Cor-
pus 335 do not affect theseHercules and Antaeussketches.).
Popp, 1927 – 8 ,pp. 13 – 14 (Recto: sketches forHercules and
AntaeusbyMichelangelo, rest by Mini.). Berenson, 1935 ,
p. 275 (Not by Mini but “Andrea.”). Berenson, 1938 ,I,
pp. 224 , 365 ,no. 1712 (As 1935 .). Delacre, 1938 ,pp. 341 –
2 (Recto: [F] – the owl – reproduced as Michelangelo.).
De Tolnay, 1948 ,p. 214 ,no. 92 (Recto: sketches ofHercules and AntaeusbyMichelangelo, remainder by a
pupil. 1525 , linked with BM W 33 /Corpus 236 ). Wilde,
1949 ,p. 247 (Hercules and Antaeussketches and those on
BM W 33 /Corpus 236 of15 2 4– 5 .). Wilde, 1953 a,pp. 65 ,
67 – 8 (Recto:Hercules and Antaeussketches related to
those on BM 33 recto/Corpus 236 .Verso: form of horse
[M] relates to BM W 32 /Corpus 87 .). Wilde, 1953 exh.,
no. 30 (15 2 4– 5. Not all the drawings on the recto and
versoare autograph.). Parker, 1956 ,no. 317 (Recto: the
Hercules and Antaeussketches [F, I] by Michelangelo for
the statue project of15 2 4;related studies in London,
BM W 33 /Corpus 236 and Haarlem, A 24 /VT 63 /Corpus
238. The two grotesque profiles [J, K] also autograph;
the leg [C] probably by a pupil. Verso: by Michelan-
gelo are the rider [M], the head of Mercury [K], the
profile [D]. “But apart from Mini’s relatively competent
hand there are also scribbles by an utterly feeble one: the
small owl to left of the larger one...on the recto, the
two worthless paraphrases of the sketch of an easel to
right on the verso.”). Dussler, 1959 ,no. 196 (Recto: [F,
I] by Michelangelo for theHercules and Antaeusgroup,
linked with BM W 33 /Corpus 236. The remainder by
Mini, mid-15 2 0s; link with Frankfurt Inv. 392 /Corpus
322 .); no. 622 (Verso: by Mini.). Girardi, 1960 ,no. 51
(Transcription of poem.). Berenson, 1961 ,no. 1712 (As
1903 / 1938 .). Barocchi, 1962 ,p. 293 , under no. 243 (Head
closely similar to verso [K] is also found on Uffizi 251 F
verso; perhaps by Mini.). Gilbert, 1963 ,pp. 30 – 1 ,no. 49
(Verse translation of poem.). Berti, 1965 ,pp. 450 , 463
(Recto:Hercules and Antaeussketches [F, I] and profile
of an old woman [J] authentic; Mini probably involved as
well. Verso: weak, attributed to Mini.). Weinberger, 1967 ,
pp. 240 ,34 2(With BM W 33 /Corpus 236 [F, I] proves that
Michelangelo planned to carve aHercules and Antaeusin
1525 .[J] a caricatural drawing by Michelangelo, “copied
at left by draughtsman of verso.”). Hartt, 1971 ,no. 302
(Recto:15 2 4– 5 .Hercules and Antaeus[F, I] for projected
statue; “half-humorous sketches of an owl may be related
to the owl belowNight.Profile of an old woman exem-
plifies vein of caricature in the artist’s drawings...ineptly
drawn leg and the diagrams made to show the optic
rays appear to be the work of Antonio Mini.”); no.31 2
(Verso: 1525 – 31 ?. Humorous sketches by Michelangelo
and Mini.). Gere and Turner, 1975 ,no. 92 (Recto:Her-
cules and Antaeus[F, I] no doubt connected with group
projected in15 2 4– 5 like BM W 33 /Corpus 236 .Not
all the drawings are autograph.). Keller, 1975 ,pp. 30 – 1
(c. 1525 ;sketches by Mini and drawings by Michelangelo
for the group ofHercules and Antaeus[F, I] to accompany
hisDavid.). De Tolnay, 1976 , Corpus II, no. 237 (Recto:
[F, I] Michelangelo forHercules and Antaeusgroup; [K]