Print made by Adamo 'Ghisi' Scultori, ca.1530–1585after Michelangelo, 1474/1475–1564, Italian
Title:
Series of Studies from the Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Date:
1550 to 1585
Materials & Techniques:
Album of sixty-two engraved plates on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso of fly leaf in graphite, upper left: "1169/50 | 61 ex 73 plates | Ghisi (Rome 1540)"; on page following fly-leaf in pen and brown ink, upper left: "J Reynolds | 1759"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection