Medium: Photo-Plate
Support: Paper
Artist: Michelangelo
Artist Dates: 1475-1564
Country of Origin: Germany
Title & Description: "Michelangelo Mappe des kunstwarts"(Michelangelo Folderthe art of presentation)This folio, containing sixty four photo-plates of paintings by Michelangelo.
Signature: None
Date of Work: 1910
Frame: None
Work Size: 16.5x12.5"
Frame Size: N/A
Weight: 2lbs 3.2oz
Provenance: Connecticut Estate
Condition: The front and back covers of the folder have completely separated with fringe tearing along the separated edges. The front cover has a five inch long tear about halfway up, toward the center. There is some discoloration and fading of the paper on which the plates have been affixed, but they remain clear and undamaged.Meta: Fine Art, Renaissance, High Renaissance
Artist Biography: Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, commonly known as Michelangelo was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer of the High Renaissance who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art. Despite making few forays beyond the arts, his versatility in the disciplines he took up was of such a high order that he is often considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man, along with his fellow Italian Leonardo da Vinci.Michelangelo was considered the greatest living artist in his lifetime, and ever since then he has been held to be one of the greatest artists of all time. A number of his works in painting, sculpture, and architecture rank among the most famous in existence. His output in every field during his long life was prodigious; when the sheer volume of correspondence, sketches, and reminiscences that survive is also taken into account, he is the best-documented artist of the 16th century.