The Risen Christ Adored by Saints and Angels

Black chalk, pen and brown ink, and extensive white heightening (wash and point of brush), with incising on paper prepared with a brown wash.Giorgio Vasari (Italian, 1511–1574)/1566–68

Description

Florentine artist and author Giorgio Vasari venerated Michelangelo as the premier example of artistic genius and emulated the master in much of his work. He made this modello (a finished drawing for presentation to a patron) in preparation for a church altarpiece in Florence. It shows a finely muscled Christ appearing within a host of angels above a group of saints. Vasari’s Christ imitates the pose and body type of Michelangelo’s Christ in the Last Judgment fresco; he altered the pose, while suggesting his knowledge of the earlier composition.

Provenance

Ludovico Moscardo, Verona (1611-1681); Teresa Moscardo (1747-?), Verona, by descent; Count Mario Miniscalchi-Erizzo (1881-1957), Verona, by descent; with Francis Matthiesen (1897-1963), London; with Mario Uzielli (1888-1973), Liestal, sold to Janos Scholz; Janos Scholz (1903-1993), New York; Savoy Art & Auction Galleries, New York, Anonymous Sale, 25 February, 1961; Norbert L. H. Roesler, New York; His sale, Christie's New York, 31 May 1990, lot 3 (ill); With Colnaghi, London, 1991; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Dimensions

41.9 × 26.5 cm

Source

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Movement / Period

Drawings

Accession No

1991.43

Official Citations

[The Cleveland Museum of Art Official Record][Full Resolution Image]

Curatorial Affinity Stream

Continuing the Universe of Giorgio Vasari (Italian, 1511–1574)

Drawings • Italy, 16th century • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries

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