Cherubino Alberti ( 1553 - 1615) - Michelangelo's Last Judgement - Sistene Chapel

\Artist: Cherubino Alberti ( 1553 - 1615)
Technique: Engraving\Signature: Signed on print
A design by Michelangelo for his Last Judgement in the Sistine chapel, one of the damned being forced down by a female figure. Engraving 1580. Reference: Bartsch XVII. 75. 70. A second state with the papal privilege. Good impression from the period. On laid paper with no readable watermark. Trimmed on plate border, Small tear left margin towards the bottom. A couple of small brown stains at right. On the backside traces of former mounting. Notes: Alle measurements are taken on the plate mark. Dimensions: 32,70 x 16,50 cm Artist Name: Cherubino Alberti ( 1553 - 1615) Literature: This print was described in G. Bartrum (ed.) , exhib. cat. , BM, London, 'German Romantic prints and drawings from an English private collection', 2011, p. 190, under no. 55 to show the influence of Michelangelo depiction of the muscular body in violent action (the cat. entry is on Kolbe's 'Fall of the Damned` print) . Medium: Engraving Circa: 1580