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Dream of Human Life, The

Maker

(artist)
1475-1564

(engraver)

(publisher)
1539-1604 or later (Life dates)

Title

Dream of Human Life, The

Date of Production

1553-1555

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 44.2 cm
Width: 29.9 cm

Accession Number

G.1978.PG.25

Mode of Acquisition

Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords





Label Text

Michelangelo’s celebrated drawing The Dream was copied and reproduced soon after its creation. This early engraving made the composition more readily available to artists and collectors. Printed in Rome by the publisher Michele Lucchese, it preserves important information about Michelangelo’s original. For example, the detail of the large phallus held by a hand at centre left, which has been partially erased in the original drawing, is here still clearly visible.

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Exhibition History

Michelangelo's Dream, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/02/2010-16/05/2010

Literature

Farr, Dennis, 100 Masterpieces from the Courtauld Collections, London: Courtauld Institute Galleries, 1987
p. 132
ill. on p. 133

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right of image & recto : : EGREGIVS. / MICHAELANGELUS. / BONAROTVS. / AVTOR. / .M.L. cum privilegio

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