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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.
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149556
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Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalen
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149556
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print
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Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalen
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.
date
1567
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CC0
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en
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Q79930887
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3667
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Print
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1
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import
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Sheet: 28.1 x 20.7 cm (11 1/16 x 8 1/8 in.)
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Netherlands, 16th century
accession
1979.131
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tec
engraving
tombstone
Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalen, 1567. Cornelis Cort (Dutch, 1533–1578), after a design by Giulio Clovio (Italian, 1498–1578). Engraving; sheet: 28.1 x 20.7 cm (11 1/16 x 8 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Meals, 1979.131
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PR - Engraving
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lower left, in plate: 1567 ; VERSO, by Pierre Mariette, lower center, in brown ink: P. Mariette 1671 ; center, in graphite: 5/3 [circled] ; lower left, in graphite: 63 767/3[c?]
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Hollstein 94 (V.50)
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Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Meals
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2026-05-29 07:42:06.561000
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149556
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