Artist
Giorgio Ghisi (Italian (Mantuan), 1520–1582)Italian (Mantuan), 1520–1582
Afterafter
Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian (Florentine), 1475–1564)Italian (Florentine), 1475–1564
Publisher
Giovanni Giacomo de’ Rossi (de Rubeis)(Italian, 1627–1691)Italian, 1627–1691
CultureItalian
Titles
- The Last Judgment
- Il Giudizio Universale
DateMid-1540s, printed c. 1755
MediumEngraving from ten plates on laid paper
DimensionsPlate: 48 1/4 × 42 11/16 in. (122.5 × 108.4 cm)
Sheet: 52 5/8 × 46 9/16 in. (133.6 × 118.3 cm)
Sheet: 52 5/8 × 46 9/16 in. (133.6 × 118.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alvin S. Romansky Prints and Drawings Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2023.46
Not on view
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Department
Prints and DrawingsObject Type
Exhibition HistoryNone known
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, in plate, bottom left corner: GEORGIVS MANTVANVS FECIT.Io.Iacob.deRubeis Formis Romae ad Templ. Sa. Ma. de Pace cum Priuil S.P.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, in plate, center bottom edge: ALL ILL.MO SIG. ET PRON.COL.MO / IL SIG MATHIA DI MERVE / SIGNORE DI CLOOTVYCK / A.VS.Illma che a giudicio di tutti gh'huomme e'il / Mecenate de Virtuosi dedico il Giudicio Vnle di Michel / Angelo Buonaroti accioche il concetto c'ha'il Mondodel / le Sue Magnanime qualita uenga autenticato anche dal / giudicio de gh'Angeli e s'io conoscero gradita dall'animo suo / Generoso questa minima es pressione della Somma osseru che pro / fesso, al di lei Nome nonman caro, Farne mag. epui uiue dimonstraz / A.VS.Ill.ma che int.o umibn.te riuer.p DVS III.md / diuotiss.mo seru.te
Fig. 1. (Cenci’s publisher information has been removed. And the new publisher Giovanni Giacomo de Rubeis (de’ Rossi) has added his name and address to plate L.)
Fig. 2 [Plate I] an earlier inscription praising Michelangelo that had appeared on State II of the plate has been replaced by a coat-of arms, surmounted by a crown and framed by palm fronds, and a dedicatory inscription to the poet Matthijs van de Merwede, Lord of Clootwijck.
These elements were added in 1650 when the plate was printed by Vincenzo Cenci.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, in plate, center bottom edge: ALL ILL.MO SIG. ET PRON.COL.MO / IL SIG MATHIA DI MERVE / SIGNORE DI CLOOTVYCK / A.VS.Illma che a giudicio di tutti gh'huomme e'il / Mecenate de Virtuosi dedico il Giudicio Vnle di Michel / Angelo Buonaroti accioche il concetto c'ha'il Mondodel / le Sue Magnanime qualita uenga autenticato anche dal / giudicio de gh'Angeli e s'io conoscero gradita dall'animo suo / Generoso questa minima es pressione della Somma osseru che pro / fesso, al di lei Nome nonman caro, Farne mag. epui uiue dimonstraz / A.VS.Ill.ma che int.o umibn.te riuer.p DVS III.md / diuotiss.mo seru.te
Fig. 1. (Cenci’s publisher information has been removed. And the new publisher Giovanni Giacomo de Rubeis (de’ Rossi) has added his name and address to plate L.)
Fig. 2 [Plate I] an earlier inscription praising Michelangelo that had appeared on State II of the plate has been replaced by a coat-of arms, surmounted by a crown and framed by palm fronds, and a dedicatory inscription to the poet Matthijs van de Merwede, Lord of Clootwijck.
These elements were added in 1650 when the plate was printed by Vincenzo Cenci.
Fig. 3 Van der Ley
The first important mill in Holland was erected in 1665 by Pieter van der Ley at Zaandyk,
Fig. 4 Fleur-de-lis over Strasbourg Lily, Bend II
Sheet A: Recto [printed on wire side]: Van der Ley lettering on left, Strasbourg Lily, Bend II on right
Sheet B: Recto [printed on felt side]: partial fleur-de-lis over Strasbourg Lily, Bend II
on left, Van der Ley lettering on right
Sheet C: Recto [printed on wire side]: partial Van der Ley lettering on left
Sheet D: Recto [printed on felt side]: fleur-de-lis over Strasbourg Lily, Bend II
on left, Van der Ley lettering on right
Sheet E: Recto [printed on felt side]: partial Van der Ley lettering on left
Sheet F: Recto[printed on wire side]: partial Van der Ley lettering on left, fleur-de-lis over Strasbourg Lily, Bend II on right
Sheet H: Recto [printed on felt side]: Van der Ley lettering on right, fleur-de-lis over Strasbourg Lily, Bend II on right
Sheet I: Recto [printed on wire side]: fleur-de-lis over Strasbourg Lily, Bend II on left, Van der Ley lettering on right
Sheet L: Recto [printed on wire side]: Van der Ley lettering on left, fleur-de-lis over Strasbourg Lily, Bend II on right
The first important mill in Holland was erected in 1665 by Pieter van der Ley at Zaandyk,
Fig. 4 Fleur-de-lis over Strasbourg Lily, Bend II
Sheet A: Recto [printed on wire side]: Van der Ley lettering on left, Strasbourg Lily, Bend II on right
Sheet B: Recto [printed on felt side]: partial fleur-de-lis over Strasbourg Lily, Bend II
on left, Van der Ley lettering on right
Sheet C: Recto [printed on wire side]: partial Van der Ley lettering on left
Sheet D: Recto [printed on felt side]: fleur-de-lis over Strasbourg Lily, Bend II
on left, Van der Ley lettering on right
Sheet E: Recto [printed on felt side]: partial Van der Ley lettering on left
Sheet F: Recto[printed on wire side]: partial Van der Ley lettering on left, fleur-de-lis over Strasbourg Lily, Bend II on right
Sheet H: Recto [printed on felt side]: Van der Ley lettering on right, fleur-de-lis over Strasbourg Lily, Bend II on right
Sheet I: Recto [printed on wire side]: fleur-de-lis over Strasbourg Lily, Bend II on left, Van der Ley lettering on right
Sheet L: Recto [printed on wire side]: Van der Ley lettering on left, fleur-de-lis over Strasbourg Lily, Bend II on right
Catalogue raisonnéBoorsch, pp. 53-57, Cat. 9
Cataloguing data may change with further research.
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95.252
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2005.154.A-.D
Jacques Callot
1622
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2014.255
