print
- Museum number
- 1875,0710.2692
- Title
- Series: Contorni delle figure del Giudizio Universale dipinto da Michel Angelo (Outlines of the figures of the Last Judgement painted by Michelangelo)
- Description
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One of fifteen etched plates after Michelangelo's Last Judgement in the Sistine Chapel; souls of the elect, several looking to right, including St John the Baptist in pelts, in the foreground, with another man to the left of him, placing one hand on his arm and a woman in the centre right, raising a finger to her lips. 1808
Etching
- Production date
- 1808
- Dimensions
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Height: 360 millimetres
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Width: 248 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- See 1875,0710.2684 for an introduction to the series and a discussion of the BM`s other set made from separate plates, 1999,0131.2.1 to 17 (unmounted).
The corresponding print in the BM's other set is 1999,0131.2.14: there are numerous differences of detail - for example, in the hatching beyond the left shoulder of St John the Baptist in the present print, omitted in 1999,0131.2.14. The latter has a cloud line added at the bottom to close the composition, in line with many of the plates of the unmounted series.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1875
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1875,0710.2692