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Michele Lucchese

Also known as: Michele Lucchese; primary name: Lucchese, Michele; other name: Crecchi, Michele; other name: Grechi, Michele; other name: Greco, Michele
Details: individual; printmaker; publisher/printer; Italian; Male
Other dates: 1534-1564 (fl.)
Biography: Etcher, engraver and print publisher in Rome. His name appears in the Libro delle Arti e Università delli Pittori (Archivio Accademia di San Luca, Rome, vol.formerly 2, now 42A, f.4v/5r under the year 1534, January) paying his entrance fee of 2 scudi. 1549 recorded as painter of Cardinal Sforza: 'mastro Michael da Luca pittore de Cardinale Santa Fiore' (see Leproux, Bibl. de l'ecole des chartes, 149, 1991, p.306: 'magister Michele da Lucca pictor in domo Reverendissimi Sancta Flora). Prints dated 1553-1564 and signed with monogram ML. Several dedicated to Guido Ascanio Sforza. Etched Crucifixion of St Peter after Michelangelo, and a set of architectural fantasies, 'Prospettive et antichita di Roma' sometime after 1551. Engravings after Polidoro da Caravaggio, Raphael and Peruzzi. 'Popular' print: L'Asinaria, 1564.
Bibliography: M. Bury, ‘The Print in Italy 1550-1625’, British Museum, London 2001, p.228 (whence notes below with later additions)

29 related objects

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Museum number: W,3.15 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michele LuccheseAfter:Polidoro da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1554

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Museum number: V,5.151 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michele LuccheseAfter:Jacopo Caraglio |
Production date: 1540-1560

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Museum number: 1948,0227.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michele LuccheseAfter:Polidoro da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1540-1560

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Museum number: 1871,0812.746 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michele LuccheseAfter:Polidoro da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1540-1560

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Museum number: 1871,0812.740 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michele LuccheseAfter:Michelangelo |
Production date: 1530-1560

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Museum number: 1871,0812.745 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michele LuccheseAfter:Polidoro da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1540-1560

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Title: L'Asinaria |
Museum number: Ii,5.24 |
Producer name: BIOG36381 Print made by:Michele Lucchese |
Production date: 1564

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Title: Ezechiel |
Museum number: V,2.65 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michele LuccheseAfter:Michelangelo |
Production date: 1547-1564

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Museum number: H,3.86 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michele LuccheseAfter:Marcantonio |
Production date: 1530-1560

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Title: L'Asinaria |
Museum number: V,8.78 |
Producer name: BIOG36381 Print made by:Michele Lucchese |
Production date: 1564

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Museum number: V,8.76 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Michele LuccheseAfter:Polidoro da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1545 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

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Museum number: 1851,0208.138 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michele LuccheseAfter:Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau |
Production date: 1563-1564

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Museum number: 1856,1213.59 |
Producer name: Print made by:Mario CartaroAfter:Giulio Romano |
Production date: 1560-1575 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

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Museum number: 1871,0429.615 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Michele LuccheseAfter:Polidoro da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1545 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

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Museum number: 1931,0309.2 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michele LuccheseAfter:Polidoro da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1540-1560

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Museum number: 1871,0812.739 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michele LuccheseAfter:Michelangelo |
Production date: 1530-1560

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Museum number: 1871,0812.741 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michele LuccheseAfter:Marcantonio |
Production date: 1530-1560

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Museum number: 1868,0612.1375 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michele LuccheseAfter:Polidoro da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1540-1560

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Museum number: V,2.48 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michele LuccheseAfter:Michelangelo |
Production date: 1550-1560

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Museum number: 1932,0416.32 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michele LuccheseAfter:Raphael |
Production date: 1540-1560

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Museum number: 1869,0410.2359 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michele LucchesePublished by:Giovanni Orlandi |
Production date: 1560s |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

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Museum number: V,6.59 |
Producer name: BIOG36381 Print made by:Michele Lucchese |
Production date: 1564

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Museum number: 1874,0808.316 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michele LuccheseAfter:Raphael |
Production date: 1555-1564

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Museum number: 1874,0808.1968 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michele LuccheseAfter:Polidoro da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1540-1560

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Museum number: 1948,0227.4 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michele LuccheseAfter:Polidoro da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1540-1560

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Museum number: 1868,0612.1373 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michele LuccheseAfter:Polidoro da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1540-1560

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Museum number: 1874,0613.658 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michele LuccheseAfter:Polidoro da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1540-1560

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Museum number: 1948,0227.5 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michele LuccheseAfter:Polidoro da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1554

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Museum number: 1874,0808.326 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michele LuccheseAfter:Raphael |
Production date: 1572 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

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