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Copy after Ancestors of Christ with Allegory of Abundance; Studies for The Coronation of the Virgin (verso)
Copy after Ancestors of Christ with Allegory of Abundance; Studies for The Coronation of the Virgin (verso)

Copy after Ancestors of Christ with Allegory of Abundance; Studies for The Coronation of the Virgin (verso)

Artist/Maker (Italian, 1501–1556)
after (Italian, 1475–1564)
Dateca. 1520
MediumPen and iron gall ink on paper
DimensionsSheet: 8 1/4 × 10 13/16 in. (21 × 27.5 cm)
Credit LineFriends of Art Endowment Fund
Portfoliorecto and verso
Object number1980.31
Status
Not on view
More Information
The representation of the Holy Family at the bottom of this sheet is derived from a similar group on a spandrel by Michelangelo on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. On the reverse of the sheet, visible behind the figure of Abbondanza, is a sketch for the Coronation of the Virgin. The drawings here indicate that, in addition to Michelangelo, the artist has been inspired by Raphaelesque sources and the classical antique.
Exhibition History
Working Drawings
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (February 24, 1981 - April 27, 1981 )
New Acquisitions 1981
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (May 19, 1981 - August 23, 1981 )
The Renaissance in Oberlin: Graphics from the Permanent Collection
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (November 25, 1986 - December 31, 1986 )
Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel
  • Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Rome (March 25, 1990 - May 25, 1990 )
European Master Drawings from the Allen Memorial Art Museum
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (October 29, 2002 - June 9, 2003 )
On Line: European Drawings, 16th-19th Centuries
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 18, 2007 - January 27, 2008 )
Collections
  • European
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