Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Conrad Martin Metz, 1749–1827, German

after Michelangelo, 1474/1475–1564, Italian
Title:
The Elect
Date:
1801
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/4 × 25 7/8 inches (28.6 × 65.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "175"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Geoffrey and Renée Hartman
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2007.16.3
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
choosing | religious and mythological subject | blade | arrow | crowd | saint | the martyr Sebastian; possible attributes: arrow(s), bow, tree-trunk | the virgin martyr Catherine of Alexandria; possible attributes: book, crown, emperor Maxentius, palm-branch, ring, sword, wheel | martyr | wheel | man | woman | soul | salvation
Associated Places:
Rome
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:57056