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Portrait of Michelangelo Buonarotti
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    Portrait of Michelangelo Buonarotti

    TitlePortrait of Michelangelo Buonarotti
  • Technique/ MaterialRed, white and black chalk on paper
  • Dimensions(h x b) 41,5 x 27,8 cm
  • Artist/Maker Artist: Gaetano Sardi
  • Depicted PersonMichelangelo Buonarroti, Italian, born 1475-03-06, dead 1564-02-18
  • CategoryDrawings, Free-hand drawings
  • ClassificationDrawing
  • Geographical originItalien
  • Inventory No.NMH 115/1863
  • AcquisitionTransferred 1866 from Kongl. Museum
  • Collection Konstnärsporträtt ur Nicola Pios samling
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    Inscribed: MICHAEL . ANGELVS ./ BONAROTA . NOBILIS ./ FLORENTINVS . PICTOR . SCVLTOR / ET . ARCHITECTVS . AEMINENTISSIMVS ./ MECENATES . VIRTVTVM . NATVS ./ ANNO . DOMINI . MCCCCLXXIIII ./ OBIIT . GLORIOSVS . ROMAE ./ ANNO . MDLXIIII
    Numbered at lower right in pen and brown ink: 78. (Sparre)
    The portrait in Vasari (1681 edition, 3:2, p. 134) used as model
    [Beskrivning i Bjurström "Nicola Pio", Stockholm 1995, no. 122]