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Anatomy: Michelangelo and his followers: 832/7.f.24

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Titles

Anatomy: Michelangelo and his followers

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Flaxman, John

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1916-12) by Murray, Charles Fairfax

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Grey ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Leaf Height 230 mm Width 169 mm

Techniques used in production

Handwriting : Pen and grey ink on laid paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 15
  • Location: Upper right
  • Method of creation: Grey ink
  • Text: 24
  • Location: Upper right
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Inscription present: the following in grey ink: [i] preceding four words crossed through; [ii] preceding four words crossed through: [iii] preceding word crossed through; [iv] preceding ten words crossed through; [v] preceding word crossed through; [vi] preceding word crossed through; [vii] preceding two words crossed through; [viii] preceding six words crossed through; [ix] preceding word crossed through

  • Text: Note / Florentine School Anato / The Artists of the Florentine[i] Artists of the School / of Michael Angelo, Baccio Bandinelli &c some / other[ii] had been used to study oseological & / muscular forms from the dead body[iii] subject with great / accuracy, as the many designs & models of that / age prove[iv] in imitation of their great Master who was the first amongst the modern artists who / studied this branch of science with any very considerable / advantage: but as they possessed less knowledge than him, so / they made a more violent use of it: M:l Angelo / seldom ventur nobe[v] seldom depended on his anatomical / skill only in representing the human figure, the characteres / -stic's[sic] of nature in his works shews[vi] prove how diligently[vii] that he / studied / the living model was studied for each of them[viii] at every step / some of his imitators on the contrary formed their / knowledge of Anatomy into a set of mechanical / rules for designing the human figure without / the use of nature: hence the gener[ix] muscles have / too forcible & equal projection, hence the general / appearance of the [?] bodies & limbs of those figures are like
  • Location: Recto
  • Method of creation: Grey ink, the second line only in graphite

Identification numbers

Accession number: 832/7.f.24
Primary reference Number: 38635
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 20 May 2021 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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