Lot No. 141


Italian school, late 16th century


The study of a screaming man, after Michelangelo, pencil on laid paper, with watermark "letter D and arrow ", 21,5 x 17,8 cm, browned, stained, framed, (Sch)

Provenance:
Collection Henry de Triquet (1802-1874), Paris, Lugt 1304;
His attribution to Leonardo da Vinci;
Private collection, Austria

The present study goes back to the head of a "damned soul" in Michelangelo's fresco "The Last Judgement" in the Sistine Chapel in Rome. The subject of the screaming man is influenced by Leonardo da Vinci's "Anghiari Battle" in the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. The present copy is related to drawings in the Uffizi (inv. 601E) and Windsor (inv. 1365) as well as to a copy in the Albertina, Vienna (inv. no. 62) and may date to the late16th century on stylistic grounds as well as on the quality of the paper.

Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546

astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at

28.03.2024 - 14:18

Realized price: **
EUR 9,100.-
Estimate:
EUR 2,000.- to EUR 3,000.-
Starting bid:
EUR 1,500.-

Italian school, late 16th century


The study of a screaming man, after Michelangelo, pencil on laid paper, with watermark "letter D and arrow ", 21,5 x 17,8 cm, browned, stained, framed, (Sch)

Provenance:
Collection Henry de Triquet (1802-1874), Paris, Lugt 1304;
His attribution to Leonardo da Vinci;
Private collection, Austria

The present study goes back to the head of a "damned soul" in Michelangelo's fresco "The Last Judgement" in the Sistine Chapel in Rome. The subject of the screaming man is influenced by Leonardo da Vinci's "Anghiari Battle" in the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. The present copy is related to drawings in the Uffizi (inv. 601E) and Windsor (inv. 1365) as well as to a copy in the Albertina, Vienna (inv. no. 62) and may date to the late16th century on stylistic grounds as well as on the quality of the paper.

Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546

astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Master Drawings and Prints until 1900
Auction type: Online auction
Date: 28.03.2024 - 14:18
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 21.03. - 28.03.2024


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