The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 26, 2024
Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalen
1567
(Dutch, 1533–1578)
after a design by Giulio Clovio
(Italian, 1498–1578)
Sheet: 28.1 x 20.7 cm (11 1/16 x 8 1/8 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Meals 1979.131
Catalogue raisonné: Hollstein 94 (V.50)
Location: not on view
Description
Called the Michelangelo of small works, Giulio Clovio was known for translating the monumental forms of Michelangelo into works on the smallest scale, such as illuminated manuscripts. This engraving (made after Clovio’s design) sets the bold, lean, and twisting bodies of Christ and Mary Magdalene against a garden scene more typical of manuscript illuminations. The print was engraved and published in Antwerp, a center for print and book publishing in the second half of the 1500s. The dissemination of this and other such works spread Michelangelo’s figural style throughout Europe.- Pierre Mariette (1634-1716), Paris, script (Lugt 1790), verso, lower center, in pen and brown ink. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Meals, Cleveland.
- Master/Apprentice: Imitation and Inspiration in the Renaissance. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 13, 2019-February 23, 2020).Imagining the Garden. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 24, 2015-March 6, 2016).Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 3-October 26, 1997).Year in Review: 1979. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 13-March 9, 1980).
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