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 28

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

Studies of arms, shoulders and a man seen from behind

Closed4 December 2018

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GBP 56,250

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After Michelangelo Buonarroti (Caprese 1475-1564 Rome), Italian School, 16th Century
Studies of arms, shoulders and a man seen from behind
with inscription 'Bronzino' and a crossed-out inscription
black chalk
6 3/8 x 8¾ in. (16.3 x 22.3 cm)

Sir Thomas Lawrence, London (1769-1830) (L. 2445).
M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School Art Museum; with his inscription 'Rugby School Art Museum e dono Matt: H: Bloxam/ 1511-158[…]'.

Specialist note

This sheet of studies with copies after Michelangelo’s Conversion of Saul in the Pauline Chapel shows a soft handling of the chalk that points to a Florentine hand, like Alessandro Allori (as suggested by Paul Joannides on a note on the mount), and as further indicated by an old attribution to 'Bronzino' at lower left.