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Frontispiece to Seventy-two Studies after Figures by Michelangelo from the Sistine Ceiling
Adamo Scultori (Italian, about 1530–1587)
1563–65
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 12.5 x 11 cm (4 15/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Platemark: 12.4 x 10.8 cm (4 7/8 x 4 1/4 in.)
Platemark: 12.4 x 10.8 cm (4 7/8 x 4 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB1645.1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 027; Bellini 21, i/iii
Marks
Recto, bottom center, in pen and brown ink, an unidentified collector's mark (Lugt 1884); verso, bottom center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Babcock Bequest (Lugt 207); verso, bottom center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
ProvenanceAn unidentified collector (Lugt 1884); William Perkins Babcock, Boston, Paris (1826-1899); his bequest to the MFA 1900