A man, a woman (?) and a child; representing Jesse. Engraving by P. Savorelli, 1805, after Michelangelo.

  • Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564.
Date:
[1805?]
Reference:
3001788i
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Description

The iconography is obscure. Jesse may be the child on the right, while the other figures are Obed (father of Jesse) and the mother of Jesse: all are ancestors of Jesus Christ

Publication/Creation

Romae [Rome] (ad Pasquinum) : Venit apud Montagnani-Mirabili, [1805?]

Physical description

1 print : line engraving ; platemark 40 x 53.3 cm

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Lettering

Jesse. Michael Angelus Bonarotius pinxit in Sixtino Vaticano sacello. Pio septimo pont. opt. max. Petrus Paulus Montagnani-Mirabili D.D.D. Petrus Savorelli del. et sculp. Romae. The name "Jesse" is engraved below the group. In this respect the engraving differs from Michelangelo's painting, in which the names "Iesse", "David" and "Salomon" are painted on a tablet in the lunette below the tympanum

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3001788i

Reproduction note

After one of the tympana or spandrels in the Sistine chapel painted by Michelangelo

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