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Annunciation, after Michelangelo
1550's16th century
30.4 cm x 42.6 cm (11 15/16 in. x 16 3/4 in.)
Nicolas Beatrizet (Thionville or Lunéville, France, 1507 or 1515 - circa 1565, Rome) Primary
Object Type:
print
Artist Nationality:
Europe, French
Medium and Support:
Engraving
Credit Line:
Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Leo Steinberg Collection, 2002
Accession Number:
2002.1723
This engraving reproduces a presentation drawing by Michelangelo, probably of the late 1530s. Beatrizet's print, and at least two painted versions by Marcello Venusti, are the only known records of this design. The setting is unusually articulated as an interior space, with a series of frames that surround the top of the room, the back wall, and an impossibly narrow doorway. Rather than creating a sense of coherent perspective, these elements generate a surface pattern characteristic of Beatrizet. Because of the quality of this impression, therefore the strength of its contrasts, this pattern becomes dazzling.
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