Live Auction 17420Old Masters/New Scholars: Works of Art Sold to Benefit Rugby School
After Michelangelo Buonarroti (Caprese 1475-1564 Rome), late 16th Century
Lot 27

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

Saint John the Baptist at the Last Judgement, after Michelangelo

Closed4 December 2018

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After Michelangelo Buonarroti (Caprese 1475-1564 Rome), late 16th Century
Saint John the Baptist at the Last Judgement, after Michelangelo
black chalk
15½ x 9 7/8 in. (39.3 x 25 cm)

Sir Thomas Lawrence, London (1769-1830) (L. 2445).
Samuel Woodburn, London (1786-1853), from the Collection of Sir Thomas Lawrence; Christie's, 4 June 1860, lot 133 (one of three) (for £1.5s. to Bloxam).
M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School Art Museum.

Specialist note

This drawing is a copy after Michelangelo’s Saint John the Baptist (shown prior to Daniele da Volterra’s censorship of 1564) and a young man flanking Christ to the left in the Last Judgment. The polished black-chalk technique is reminiscent of Daniele da Volterra and his Roman pupils, Michele Alberti and Jacopo Rocchetti.