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Virgin and Child
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(artist)
1475-1564
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Width: 7.5 cm
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When this drawing first appeared, with an art dealer in 1970, it was accepted by the leading Michelangelo experts as authentic. However, an anonymous phone call to The Courtauld in 1998 alleged this to be one of 11 works in the collection by notorious British forger Eric Hebborn. Since then, opinions on its authenticity have been divided.
Infrared photography has now revealed a drawing on the back of this sheet, which will hopefully aid ongoing research into the authorship of this drawing.
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Special Display - Looking at Michelangelo, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 11/02/2010-06/06/2010
Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 16/10/1991-19/01/1992 ...More
The Princes Gate Collection - Drawings (Selection A), The Courtauld Gallery, London, 17/07/1981-26/01/1982
Drawings by Michelangelo in the collection of Her Majesty the Queen at Windsor Castle, the Ashmolean Museum, the British Museum and other English collections, British Museum, London, 06/02/1975-27/04/1975 ...Less
Literature
cat. no. 49
pp. 106, 184
ill. on p. 107
The Princes Gate Collection - Drawings (Selection A), Courtauld Gallery, London, 1981-1982
cat. no. 138
ill. on p. 99
as Michelangelo
de Tolnay, Charles, Corpus dei disegni di Michelangelo, Novara 1975-80
vol. I, no. 97 bis RECTO on pp. 87-88
ill. on p. 87
as by Michelangelo, agreed with date c. 1516 ...More
Drawings by Michelangelo in the collection of Her Majesty the Queen at Windsor Castle, the Ashmolean Museum, the British Museum and other English collections, British Museum, London, 1975
cat. no. 33
ill.
considered authentic and dated c. 1516 by Michael Hirst, connected to Julius tomb ...Less
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Inscription: Recto: lower edge, graphite: “Michelangelo Buonaroti, 1474-1564”. Support (historic), Verso: centre, graphite: “MichelAngelo / Bonar[trails into a flourish]”.
Collector's mark: none.
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