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Lorenzo de’ Medici,
ca. 1565
Giovanbattista Naldini, Italian, 1535–1591
after Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475–1564; born Caprese Michelangelo, Italy; died Rome, Italy
after Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475–1564; born Caprese Michelangelo, Italy; died Rome, Italy
x1948-761
Michelangelo’s celebrated tomb sculptures, including seated figures of two Medici dukes, were installed in the New Sacristy of San Lorenzo in 1534. These works were copied by generations of artists from Florence and beyond. Among them was Naldini, whose expressive graphic style, influenced by Jacopo Pontormo, is visible in the vibrating superimposed contours visible in the right hand of Lorenzo and the left foot of Giuliano. Their scale and high degree of finish set these drawings apart from most contemporary academic copies. It has been convincingly proposed that the Dutch engraver Cornelis Cort used Naldini’s drawings as the basis for his engraved views of the New Sacristy (1570), which capture the glistening surfaces of Michelangelo’s statues in a similar manner.
Information
Title
Lorenzo de’ Medici
Dates
ca. 1565
Maker
Medium
Black chalk, stumped, erased, and heightened with white gouache, on tan laid paper
Dimensions
43.8 × 29.4 cm (17 1/4 × 11 9/16 in.)
frame: 61.3 × 45.7 × 3.2 cm (24 1/8 × 18 × 1 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Dan Fellows Platt, Class of 1895
Object Number
x1948-761
Inscription
Inscribed recto, lower left, in brown ink: Batista
Naldini da michelangiolo
Marks/Labels/Seals
Watermark: Possibly circle (not decipherable through mount) [handwritten note on accession card: Crossbow in circle]
Reference Numbers
Gibbons 453
Culture
Materials
Subject
Lord Rowan (according to Goldstein sale catalogue); Max Goldstein, stamp (L. 2824) verso, lower left, in purple ink; sale, American Art Association, New York, March 2–5, 1920, lot 473; Dan Fellows Platt, stamp (L. 750a) verso, lower left, in gray.
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