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Immunity from Seizure

MICHELANGELO’S DREAM

The Courtauld Gallery, London
18 February – 16 May 2010

The Courtauld Gallery, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 0RN

IMMUNITY FROM SEIZURE

The Courtauld Gallery is able to provide immunity from seizure under Part 6 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007. This Act provides protection from seizure for cultural objects from abroad on loan to temporary exhibitions in approved museums and galleries in the UK

The conditions are:

The object is usually kept outside the UK
It is not owned by a person resident in the UK
Its import does not contravene any import regulations
It is brought to the UK for public display in a temporary exhibition at a museum or gallery
The borrowing museum or gallery is approved under the Act
The borrowing museum has published information about the object

For further enquiries, please contact Julia Blanks, Registrar of Collections
(tel: 00 44 207 848 2924)

Protection under the Act is sought for the objects listed in this document, which are intended to form part of the forthcoming exhibition ‘Michelangelo’s Dream’

MICHELANGELO’S DREAM
18 February to 16 May 2010
Protection under the Act is sought for the objects listed below:

Michelangelo Buonarroti (?) (1475-1564)

XMI006
Ganymede, 1532
Black chalk on laid paper.
361 x 275 mm
Wings of eagle incised with stylus and damaged; overall abrasion and foxing; some retouching; verso: fully backed.

Cambridge, Harvard University Art Museum, Fogg Museum

Lender’s name and address:
Harvard University Art Museums
32 Quincy Street
Cambridge MA 02138
USA

Accession number: inv. no. 1955.75

Provenance: Henry Constantine Jennings (1731–1819, L. 2771); Thomas Lawrence (1769–1830); Samuel Woodburn (1786–1853); William II, King of Holland (r. 1840–1849); Samuel Woodburn (1786–1853); Sir John Charles Robinson (1824–1913, L. 1433); Charles Newton Robinson, 1914 (presumably inherited in 1913 from his father, Sir. J. C. Robinson); John Hemming Fry (1861–1946); Noël Monod (1912-1984). Purchased by The Fogg Museum of Art in 1955.

Literature: Woodburn sale 1860, no. 153; Thode 1908–13, vol. 2, pp. 354, 350–56, vol. 3, no. 377a, pp. 166, 251; Frey 1909–11, vol. 1, pp. 11–12; Berenson 1938, vol. 2, no. 1614, p. 218; Panofsky 1939a, p. 216, fn. 144 and pp. 212–18, 223; Tolnay 1948, fn. 4, pp. 112, 199, 220-221; Kirschenbaum 1951, fn. 6, pp. 100, 110; Dussler 1959, no. 498, p. 234; Houston 1966, no. 36, p. 78; Hartt 1971, p. 249; Hirst 1975, p. 166, fig. 1; London 1975, p. 105; Tolnay 1975a, vol. 2, no. 344, pp. 109–10, 13, pl. 344; Hirst 1978, pp. 253–60, pls. 1, 2; Frommel 1979, pp. 41–45, pl. 3; Kempter 1980, pp. 85–90; Summers 1981, p. 216; Wallace 1983, pp. 176–84; Kruszynski 1985, pp. 29–30; Saslow 1986, pp. 17–21, 39–42, fig. 1.1; Goffen 1987, p. 685, fig. 1; Hirst 1988a, p. 103; Hirst 1988b, pp. 11, 111–13, 127, pl. 223; Perrig 1991, pp. 31, 43–44, 75, 79ff, pl. 17; Joannides 1992, p. 265; Clayton in: Marani 1992, p. 392 and p. 394; Gizzi 1995, p. 45; Joannides 1996, pp. 72, 74, fig. 56; Wied in: Ferino–Pagden 1997, no. IV.8, pp. 327–29; Perrig in: Güse and Perrig 1997, no. 33, pp. 19, 131–33; Saslow 1999, pp. 99, 100, fig. 3.11; Marshall 1999, pp. 33–36; Marongiu in: Bardeschi Ciulich and Ragionieri 2001, p. 92; Rosand 2002, no. 15, pp. 186–90, 373, fig. 176; Marongiu 2002, no. 18, p. 74; Ruvoldt 2003, p. 93, fig. 8; Joannides 2003, pp. 229–34; Ruvoldt 2004, pp. 157–60, fig. 53; Schumacher 2007, pp. 23, 44, 51, 58–60, 67, 73–74, 169–72, 272, fig. 20; Zöllner et al. 2007, pp. 256–60, 589, no. 200, ill. p. 599; Clayton in: Whitaker and Clayton 2008, p. 96; Van den Doel 2008, pp. 185-189, 204-207, 218-220, 364, fig. 62.

Note that this object does not have a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year 1933 to the end of the year 1945. This drawing has been checked on the Art Loss Register and is not registered as being stolen or missing.

MICHELANGELO’S DREAM
18 February to 16 May 2010

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564)

XMI0
Phaeton, c. 1533
Two figures (verso)
392 x 255 mm
Black chalk on laid paper;
Inscribed (above lower figural group in black chalk): lo retracto el meglio ch[e] o saputo io pero ui rimando il uostro perche ne son (?) seruo uostro che lo ritraga un altra volta
Verso: black chalk (light in appearance);

Lender’s name and address:
Galleria dell’Accademia,
Dorsoduro 1050
30123 Venice
Italy

Accession Number: inv. no. 177

Provenance: Giuseppe Bossi (1777–1815); Abbot Luigi Celotti (c. 1768–c. 1856); acquired by the Galleria dell’Accademia in 1822 (L. 2, 188).

Literature: Berenson 1903, no. 1601, p. 105; Frey 1909-11, no. 75, p. 40 and p. 32; Thode 1912, pp. 516-18; Thode 1908-13, vol. 2, pp. 358-62, vol. 3, p. 253; Popp 1922, pp. 147-48, pl. 47;; Panofsky 1922, pp. 10–11, pls. 9–11; Brinckmann 1925, no. 57, p. 47; Hetzer 1929, p. 67; Berenson 1938, no. 1601, p. 214; Panofsky 1939a, pp. 218ff; Tolnay 1948, no. 118, p. 221 and 111-13, fig. 152; Wilde in: Popham and Wilde 1949, pp. 253–54; Tolnay 1951, pp. 69, 224; Goldscheider 1951, no. 95, p. 51; Wilde 1953, pp. 90–93; Marabottini 1956, p. 349; Dussler 1959, no. 234, p. 142, figs 88, 92; Tolnay 1960, no. 159, p. 177; Barocchi 1964, pl. 43; Florence 1964, no. 135, pp. 65, 68; Goldscheider 1966, no. 92, p. 54; Perrig 1967, pp. 164–71; Paris 1967, no. 87, p. 78; Hartt 1971, no. 357, pp. 250-51; Jacoby 1971, pp. 150–62; Tolnay 1975a, vol. 2, no. 342, p. 108 and pp. 107 -09; Tolnay 1975b, pp. 48, 181; Tolnay 1975c, no. 105; London 1975, no. 126, p. 106; New York 1979, no. 16, p. 79; Frommel 1979, no. 61, p. 116; Passavant 1983, p. 218, fig. 31; Bober and Rubinstein 1986, p. 70; Hirst 1988a, no. 46, p. 110; Hirst 1988b, pp. 105–17, pl. 230; Prosperi Valenti Rodinò 1989, no. 1, pp. 26–28; Perrig 1991, no. 17, pp. 39, 75–76, 81–85, 123, fig. 66; Marani 1992, pp. 186–87, 396, 398, 400; Joannides in: Morgan Grasselli 1995, p. 214; Joannides 1996, pp. 56-57; Nepi Scirè and Perissa Torrini 1999, p. 154; Bardeschi Ciulich and Ragionieri 2001, pp. 89, 94–97; Joannides in: Florence, Chicago, and Detroit 2002–3, no. 189, pp. 329–331; Marongiu 2002, pp. 30–31; Marcella Marongiu in: Bardeschi Ciulich and Ragionieri 2002, pp. 56–57; Chapman 2005, pp. 224–27; Schumacher 2007, pp. 173, 283, fig. 40; Clayton in: Whitaker and Clayton 2007–8, p. 96; Zöllner et al. 2007, no. 198, p. 598 and pp. 256–60, 589; Marongiu 2008, no. 40, pp. 75–80, 135–41, 222, fig. 45; Van den Doel 2008, pp. 185, 206-07, 218-220, 396.

Note that this object has a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year 1933 to the end of the year 1945. This drawing has been checked on the Art Loss Register and is not registered as being stolen or missing.

MICHELANGELO’S DREAM
18 February to 16 May 2010

Francesco Salviati (1510–1563)

XMI032
Allegory of Prudence Tempted by Vanity
c. 1531–40
Red chalk on laid paper.
277 x 367 mm

Lender’s name and address:
Wallraf Richartz Museum
Openmarspforten
50667 Cologne
Germany

Accession number: inv. no. Z 1999

Provenance: unknown, but estimated to be with lender before 1908.

Literature: Monbeig Goguel in Monbeig Goguel 1998, p. 31; Deswarte-Rosa 2001, pp. 341–43, fig. 12.

MICHELANGELO’S DREAM
18 February to 16 May 2010

Giovanni Antonio da Brescia (active 1505-25), after Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506)

XMI025
Allegory of the Fall of Man (Virtus Combusta)
c. 1500-05
engraving on laid paper
299 x 430 mm

Lender’s name and address:
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung
Meiserstrasse 10
80333 Munich
Germany

Accession number: inv no. 17785 D

Giovanni Antonio da Brescia (active 1505-25), after Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506)

XMI026
Allegory of the Redemption of Humanity (Virtus Deserta)
c. 1500-05
engraving on laid paper
301 x 431 mm

Lender’s name and address:
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung
Meiserstrasse 10
80333 Munich
Germany

Accession number: inv. no. 17786 D

Provenance: early holdings (acquired before 1905, L. 1614)

Literature: Förster 1901, pp. 78-87; Hind 1910, pp. 352-54; Hind 1948, pp. 28-29; Popham and Pouncey 1950, vol. 1, no. 158, pp. 95-97; Tietze-Conrat 1955, pp. 205-06; Dora and Erwin Panofksy 1956, pp. 44-48; Battisti 1965, p. 35; Zucker 1984, no. 026-027 CI , p. 127; Dwyer 1970-71, pp. 58-62; Levenson and Sheehan in: Washington 1973, no. 84, pp. 222-27; Romano 1981, p. 33; Massing in: London 1981, nos 125-26, pp. 171-72; Lightbown 1986, pp. 485-86; Massing 1990, pp. 179-84; Winner, 1992, pp. 234-36; Ekserdjian and Landau in: London and New York 1992, no. 147, pp. 451-53 (for the drawing); Boorsch in: London and New York 1992, pp. 57-61, 453-56; Landau in: London and New York 1992, p. 53; Lambert 1999, no. 426-27, pp. 213-14, 16; Agosti 2005, p. 168, fn. 55; Agosti and Thiébaut 2008, pp. 348-49, nos 146-47; Tanimoto et al. 2009

Note that these two objects have a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year 1933 to the end of the year 1945. These engravings have been checked on the Art Loss Register and are not registered as being stolen or missing.

MICHELANGELO’S DREAM
18 February to 16 May 2010

Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528)

XMI027
Melencolia I, 1514
Engraving on laid paper, state 2a;
242 x 189 mm (image 238 x 185 mm)

Lender’s name and address:
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung
Meiserstrasse 10
80333 Munich
Germany

Accession number: M 75 IIa, inv. no. 1964:431

Provenance: Presented to the Staatliche Graphische Sammlung by the Max-Kade Foundation, New York, 1964

Literature: Bartsch 74; Meder 75; Panofsky and Saxl 1923; Panofsky 1948, vol. 1, pp. 156–71, vol. 2, no. 181, pp. 26–27; Schuster 1991; Mende in: Schoch, Mende und Scherbaum 2001–4, vol. 1, cat. no. 71, pp. 179–85 (with earlier literature); Fara 2007, p. 54 (with Italian fortuna critica until 1686); Mathias Mende in: Vienna 2003, no. 422, pp. 422–24.

Note that this object does not have a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year 1933 to the end of the year 1945. This engraving has been checked on the Art Loss Register and is not registered as being stolen or missing.

MICHELANGELO’S DREAM
18 February to 16 May 2010

Cristofano di Michele Martini, called Cristofano Robetta (1465-at least 1535)

XMI033
The Young Man Captive and Free
c. 1500
Engraving on laid paper, state 1 (before the addition of the clouds, and two birds in the sky).
Signed, ..RBTA., inside the plate.
264 x 174 mm
Cut to the black borders of the composition; small loss at top left corner; light foxing; old repaired damage from fold at top.
Watermark: ??? (Briquet 6443)

Lender’s name and address:
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Départment des Estampes de la Photographie
58 rue de Richelieu
75002 Paris
France

Accession number: Ea 30 rés. Cl. 88, C 180464 (Lambert 270)

Provenance: Acquired by the Bibliotheque Royale (which became the Bibliotheque Nationale in 1871) as part of the Marolles Collection in 1667, ‘L’Homme esclave de ses passions’.

Literature: Bartsch 1803 vol. 13, p. 402, no. 17 (Le jeune homme lié contre un arbre); Hind 1923, p. 28; Hind 1938-48, vol. 1, no. 30, p. 206; Bellini 1973, no. 270, p. 77; Washington 1973, p. 298; Zucker 1980, no. 2521.035, p. 563; Lambert 1999, no. 270, p. 139.

Note that this object has a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year 1933 to the end of the year 1945. This engraving has been checked on the Art Loss Register and is not registered as being stolen or missing.

MICHELANGELO’S DREAM
18 February to 16 May 2010

Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528)

XMI016
Six Nude Figures, 1515
Pen and brown ink, on laid paper; dated 1515 in original ink.
[dimensions?]
Thin border line in dry black medium at left; foxing overall.
Watermark: trident and ring

Lender’s name and address:
Städel Museum
Durerstrasse 2
60596 Frankfurt am Main
Germany

Accession number: inv. no. 698

Provenance: Collection Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769–1830, Lugt 2445); acquired in 1857 as gift of Johann David Passavant.

Literature: Lippmann 1883–1929, vol. 2, no. 195; Flechsig 1931, vol. 2, p. 314; Byam Shaw 1932, pp. Xxx; Tietze und Tietze-Conrat 1928–38, vol. 2/1, no. 623; Winkler 1936–39, vol. 3, no. 666; Panofsky 1948 (1943), vol. 1, p. 172, vol. 2, no. 940; Schilling 1973, no. 95; Strauss 1974, vol. 3, no. 1515/79; Mielke in: Anzelewsky and Mielke 1984, no. 89, p. 92; Salvini 1987, pp. 149–50; Frankfurt 1994, no. Z34; Schuster 1991, pp. 271, 284–85 note 4, 752, fig. 247; Bonnet 2001, pp. 238, 240, vol. 143; Buck 2003, pp. 92–97, no. 26 (with earlier literature); Hermann Fiore 2007, no. III.15, p. 211.

Note that this object has a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year 1933 to the end of the year 1945. This drawing has been checked on the Art Loss Register and is not registered as being stolen or missing.

MICHELANGELO’S DREAM
18 February to 16 May 2010

Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528)

XMI017
The Temptation of the Idler (The Dream of the Doctor), c. 1498
Engraving on laid paper.
190 x 121 mm
Repaired tear at lower border

Lender’s name and address:
Städel Museum
Durerstrasse 2
60596 Frankfurt am Main
Germany

Accession number: inv. no. 31390

Provenance: Richard Ford 1827(?); William Esdaile (1758–1837; Lugt 2617); unknown collector’s (mark “Cologne coat of arms” not in Lugt); acquired before 1861

Literature: Bartsch 76; Mende 70b; Thausing 1876, vol. 1, p. 214; Panofsky 1931, pp. 1–17; Panofsky 1939, p. 224; Eisler 1944, pp. 101–3; Panofsky 1948, pp. 70–72; Hinz 1993, pp. 206–9; Schoch, in Schoch, Mende and Scherbaum 2001, no. 18, vol. 1, pp. 65–66 (with earlier literature); Bartrum 2002, no. 56, pp. 123–24,; Vienna 2003, no. 57, pp. 242–43; Sonnabend 2008, no. 31, pp. 80–81.

Note that this object has a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year 1933 to the end of the year 1945. This engraving has been checked on the Art Loss Register and is not registered as being stolen or missing.

MICHELANGELO’S DREAM
18 February to 16 May 2010

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564)

XMI018
Study for a seated male nude, c. 1533
Red chalk on laid paper.
115 x 69 mm
Upper right corner lost, discolouration around the edges; long vertical stain at centre left; inscribed “74” in upper left corner in pencil.
Verso: inscribed with numbers in brown pen and ink, and in black chalk

Lender’s name and address:
Fondazione Casa Buonarotti,
Via Ghibellina, 70
50122 Florence
Italy

Accession number: Inv. 4F r

Provenance: Casa Buonarroti (before 1630)

Literature: Frey 1909-11, vol. 3, p. 75, pl. 155b; Thode 1912, no. 14, pp. 10-11; Thode 1908-13, vol. 2, no. XXXIX, p. 15; Berenson 1938, no. 1401A, p. 167; Delacre 1938, p. 527; Wilde 1953, p. 93; Dussler 1959, no. 252, pp. 151 and 142; Tolnay 1960, no. 159, p. 177; Barocchi 1962, no. 139, pp. 172-74; Berti 1965, no. 180, fn. 153; Hartt 1971, no. 356, p. 250; Tolnay 1975a, vol. 2, no. 339, p. 107; Tolnay 1975c, no. 104; Marongiu: in Facchinetti 2004, no. 44, pp. 238-239; Zöllner et al. 2007, no. 196, p. 598 and p. 260, ; Marongiu 2008, no. 37, pp. 78, 222.

MICHELANGELO’S DREAM
18 February to 16 May 2010

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564)

Exhibition Number: XMI019

Letter draft to Tommaso de’ Cavalieri, end of December 1532
Verso: Draft of letter to Tommaso de’ Cavalieri, 1. January 1533

Pen and grey brown ink on laid paper.
Ink faded; slight foxing and staining, three horizontal folds; small losses at lower right corner and upper border; inscribed “89” in pencil at upper left corner.
294 x 215 mm
Watermark: fragment of Ladder

Lender’s name and address:
Fondazione Casa Buonarotti,
Via Ghibellina, 70
50122 Florence
Italy

Accession Number: V, 61

Provenance: Casa Buonarroti (before 1630)

Literature: Varchi 1549, p. 47; Gotti 1875, vol. 1, p. 231; Symonds 1893, vol. 2, pp. 133-36; Frey 1897, p. 512; Thode, 1902, pp. 424-25; Tolnay 1948, p. 24; Kirschenbaum 1951, pp. 105-106; Wilde 1953, p. 92; Dussler 1959, p. 146; Vasari [1962], vol. 1, p. 118; Ramsden 1963, vol. 1, draft 4, pp. 193-194 and no. 191, pp. 180, 183; Carteggio III, DCCCXCVII, pp. 443-444; Carteggio IV, DCCCXCIX, pp. 1-3; Frommel 1979, pp. 15-21ff; Wallace 1983, pp. 126-7, fn. 11; Ciulich 1989, no. 21, pp. 48-49; Perrig 1991, pp. 75-85; Marongiu in: Bardeschi Ciulich and Ragionieri 2001, pp. 87-89; Marongiu 2002, pp. 70-73; Marongiu in: Bardeschi Ciulich and Ragionieri 2002, no. 23, pp. 56-57; Ruvoldt 2003, pp. 105, 113, fn. 126; Zöllner et al. 2007, pp. 256, 259, 589; Schumacher 2007, pp. 270-271.

Note that this object has a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year 1933 to the end of the year 1945.

MICHELANGELO’S DREAM
18 February to 16 May 2010

Tommaso de’ Cavalieri (1511/20 – 1587)

XMI020
Letter written in Rome to Michelangelo Buonarroti in Florence, 6 September 1533

Place of manufacture – Rome
Pen and brown ink, on laid paper.
Iron gall ink corrosion; three horizontal folds and one central vertical fold; inscribed “143” in pencil in lower right corner and“142” in pencil in left upper corner.
293 x 215 mm
Watermark: lamb

Lender’s name and address:
Fondazione Casa Buonarotti
Via Ghibellina, 70
50122 Florence
Italy

Accession Number: VII, 142

Provenance: Casa Buonarroti (before 1630)

Literature: Symonds 1893, vol. 2, pp. 139-42; Frey 1897, p. 522; Thode 1902, p. 429; Thode 1908-13, vol. 2, p. 358; Vasari [1962], vol. 4, p. 1887; Ramsden 1963, vol. 1, p. 299; Frommel 1979, pp. 55-58; Carteggio IV, CMVI, p. 12, CMX, pp. 17-19,CMXXXII, p. 49; Hartt 1971, p. 251; Wallace 1983, p. 142; Joannides 1996, p. 57; Marani 1992, p. 394; Marongiu 2002, no. 20, p. 78;Chapman 2005, pp. 227, fn. 235; Zöllner et al. 2007, p. 256; Schumacher 2007, p. 273.

Note that this object has a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year 1933 to the end of the year 1945.

MICHELANGELO’S DREAM
18 February to 16 May 2010

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564)

XMI021
Se l’immortal desio, c’alza e corregge, c. 1532-33
Pen and brown ink on laid paper.
Iron gall ink faded with some corrosion; central horizontal fold and upper right corner folded, small holes lower right corner, large ink stain lower right; inscribed “23“ in red crayon and “S. 36.” in dark brown ink
Verso: brown ink faded, some staining; inscribed “94.” in brown ink
293 x 217 mm

Watermark: Lamb in circle

Lender’s name and address:
Fondazione Casa Buonarotti
Via Ghibellina, 70
50122 Florence
Italy

Accession number: XIII, 128

Provenance: Casa Buonarroti (before 1630)

Literature: Frey 1897, no. XLIII, p. 32; Girardi 1960, no. 58, pp. 30, 212; Saslow 1991, no. 58, pp. 150-151; Ryan 1998, no. 58, pp. 48-49, 279.

Note that this object has a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year 1933 to the end of the year 1945.

MICHELANGELO’S DREAM
18 February to 16 May 2010

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564)

XMI22
S’un casto amor, s’una pietà superna, c. 1532 /
Letter by Juliano Bugiardini in Florence to Michelangelo in Rome, 5 August (October) 1532
Verso: Tu sa’ ch’i’ so, signor mie, che tu sai, c. 1532 / S’i avessi creduto al primo sguardo, c. 1532
Pen and brown ink (two different hands and pens) on laid paper.
Inkstains throughout; water damage at upper border, staining along bottom edge; three horizontal folds at centre and in upper and lower halves; upper right corner lost (c. 93 x 20 mm), small tear in centre of bottom edge; numbering in brown ink “95.”, in red crayon “20“, in dark brown ink “S. 32.” and in pencil “129”.
284 x 208 mm (irregularly trimmed)
Verso: two different pens and brown inks, faded

Lender’s name and address:
Fondazione Casa Buonarotti
Via Ghibellina, 70
50122 Florence
Italy

Accession number: XIII, 125

Provenance: Casa Buonarroti (before 1630)

Literature: Frey 1897, nos XLIV, XLV, XLVI, pp. 33-35, 330; Girardi 1960, nos 59-61, pp. 31-32, 215-216; Saslow 1991, nos 59-61, pp. 152-156; Ryan 1998, nos 59-61, pp. 48-51, 279-280.

Note that this object has a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year 1933 to the end of the year 1945.

MICHELANGELO’S DREAM
18 February to 16 May 2010

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564)

XMI023
Non so se s'è la desiata luce, c. 1534/46
Pen and brown ink on laid paper.
Slight staining; various small losses lower and upper right corners; inscribed “108.” in brown ink in upper right corner; “24“ in red crayon in lower right corner, “S. 40.” in dark brown ink and “131” in pencil, and “27” in pencil in lower left corner
290 x 200 mm

Lender’s name and address:
Fondazione Casa Buonarotti
Via Ghibellina, 70
50122 Florence
Italy

Accession number: XIII, 129

Provenance: Casa Buonarroti (before 1630)

Literature: Frey 1897, no. LXXV, pp. 79, 363-366; Girardi 1960, no. 76, pp. 43, 237-242; CarteggioIV, no. CMIII, p. 7; Saslow 1991, no. 76, pp. 186-187; Ryan 1998, no. 76, pp. 68-69, 283; Bardeschi Ciulich in: Bardeschi Ciulich and Ragionieri 2002, no. 25, p. 60.

Note that this object has a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year 1933 to the end of the year 1945.

MICHELANGELO’S DREAM
18 February to 16 May 2010

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564)

XMI024
Non posso altra figura immaginarmi, c. 1534/1546
Pen and brown ink on laid paper.
Slight foxing and staining; inscribed “137.” in brown ink in upper right corner (crossed out in pencil), and “143” in pencil; “16“in red crayon lower right corner, “S. 27.” in dark brown ink and “129” in pencil; “27” in pencil and lower left corner
Two lines crossed out between the quatrains and triplets: E se tucto mi premo alla difesa, / uelocie a ppur uelocie non s’appressa.
292 x 205 mm
Watermark: fragment of cardinal’s hat

Lender’s name and address:
Fondazione Casa Buonarotti
Via Ghibellina, 70
50122 Florence
Italy

Accession number: XIII, 121

Provenance: Casa Buonarroti (before 1630)

Literature: Frey 1897, no. LXIII, pp. 52, 344; Girardi 1960, no. 82, pp. 46, 256; Saslow 1991, no. 82, p. 194; Ryan 1996, no. 82, pp. 74-75, 285.

Note that this object has a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year 1933 to the end of the year 1945.

MICHELANGELO’S DREAM
18 February to 16 May 2010

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564)

XMI031
Non è sempre di colpa aspra e mortale, after 1546 (?)
Pen and brown ink, on laid paper
199 x 140 mm

Lender’s name and address:
Biblioteca Apostolica
Cortile del Belvedere
1-00120 Vatican City
Rome
Italy

Accession number: cod. Vat. Lat. 3211, f. 5

Provenance: Fulvio Orsini (1529-1600), Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana

Literature: Frey 1897, no. LXXXXI, pp. 96, 379-380; Dussler 1959, no. 218, p. 138; Girardi 1960, no. 260, pp. 123, 425-426; Tolnay 1975a, vol. 4, no. 591r, p. 91; Testa 1979, pp. 54-55; Saslow 1991, no. 260, p. 440; Ryan 1998, no. 260, pp. 210-213, 324-25; Ruvoldt 2003, p. 105; Ruvoldt 2004, p. 180.

Note that this object has a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year 1933 to the end of the year 1945.