Live Auction 17420Old Masters/New Scholars: Works of Art Sold to Benefit Rugby School
After Michelangelo Buonarroti (Caprese 1475-1564 Rome), Italian School, 16th Century
Lot 119

After Michelangelo Buonarroti (Caprese 1475-1564 Rome), Italian School, 16th Century

The Prophet Jonah

Closed4 December 2018

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GBP 20,000

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After Michelangelo Buonarroti (Caprese 1475-1564 Rome), Italian School, 16th Century
The Prophet Jonah
pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white (oxidized in places)
10 7/8 x 8¼ in. (27.5 x 21 cm)

Unidentified mark (not in Lugt).
M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School Art Museum; with his inscription, attribution and date 'Rugby School Art Museum e dono Matt: H: Bloxam/ 1880/ Michael Angelo' (on the mount).

Specialist note

This is an early copy after part of the Sistine Chapel ceiling, Rome.