Study for the Celebrated Fresco of the Creation of Adam

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Study for the Celebrated Fresco of the Creation of Adam

1818

Frederick Christian Lewis I (British, 1779–1856) After Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475–1564) Published by W. Y. Ottley, Kensington

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Object Details

Titles:

Study for the Celebrated Fresco of the Creation of Adam
Plate from William Young Ottley, The School of Design: Being a Series Fac-Similes of of Original Drawings, by the Most Eminent Painters and Sculptors of Italy, London, 1823

Date:

1818

Artists:

Frederick Christian Lewis I (British, 1779–1856) After Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475–1564) Published by W. Y. Ottley, Kensington

Medium:

Etching with roulette with plate tone and printed in red ink

Dimensions:

Plate: 10 5/8 x 12 13/16 inches (27 x 32.6 cm) Sheet: 18 5/16 x 12 13/16 inches (46.5 x 32.6 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

The Muriel and Philip Berman Gift, acquired from the John S. Phillips bequest of 1876 to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, with funds contributed by Muriel and Philip Berman, gifts (by exchange) of Lisa Norris Elkins, Bryant W. Langston, Samuel S. White 3rd and Vera White, with additional funds contributed by John Howard McFadden, Jr., Thomas Skelton Harrison, and the Philip H. and A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation, 1985

Accession Number:

1985-52-6711

Geography:

Made in London, England, Europe

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