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Last Judgment

Maker

After
(artist)
1475-1564

(printer)
1562-1622

(engraver)
born 1507 or 1515, died ca. 1565 (Life dates)

(publisher)
1562-1622

(publisher)
1627-1691

(printer)
1627-1691

Title

Last Judgment

Date of Production

1562-1620

Medium

engraving

Accession Number

G.1970.XX.27

Mode of Acquisition

Johannes Wilde, bequest, 1970

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Label Text

No less than seventeen different versions of Michelangelo’s Last Judgment fresco existed by the end of the sixteenth century, including this monumental engraving printed from ten plates. It was originally engraved in 1562 by the French printmaker Nicolas Beatrizet, a resident of Rome who specialized in the reproduction of Italian paintings and ancient views. The highly prized plates were reused by several subsequent printers, including the engraver and publisher Philippe Thomassin in 1620, whose signature appears at the bottom and replaces an earlier signature which had been scraped away. The complex history of the work demonstrates the continuous interest in Michelangelo’s famous composition.

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Exhibition History

Bruegel to Freud: Prints from The Courtauld Gallery, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 19/06/2014-21/09/2014

Special Display - Looking at Michelangelo, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 11/02/2010-06/06/2010

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