Giovanni Battista Cipriani, 1727–1785, Italian, active in Britain (1755-85)
Title:
Design for a Monument to the Memory of Michaelangelo
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, brown and gray wash, graphite on paper laid down on heavy laid paper with brown wash border
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 × 13 15/16 inches (30.5 × 35.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower center: "G.B. Cipriani 1726-85 | Design for a monument to the memory of | Michael Angelo"; in graphite, right: "Barlow Knutsford"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection