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Seated Nude Youth
Jan de Bisschop (1628-1671), after Michelangelo (1475-1564) (?), pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk, 1667
This is the central figure in a rather enigmatic composition by Michelangelo that since the 16th century has been known as Il Sogno, the dream. Various versions of Michelangelo’s drawing exist, not all of them by the master himself. That De Bisschop had reservations about the version he was copying is evidenced by the inscription on the etching (adjacent) that he later made of it.
- Artwork typedrawing, design
- Object numberRP-T-1989-112
- Dimensionsheight 232 mm x width 213 mm
- Physical characteristicspenseel in bruin, pen in donkerbruin, ondertekening in grafiet of zwart krijt