Daniele da Volterra, 1544 - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) - fine art print

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This unfinished portrait has recently been identified as the work of Daniele da Volterra, Michelangelo's faithful follower and the author of a bronze bust of the great Florentine artist. Indeed, an inventory drawn up after Daniele's death lists "a portrait of Michelangelo on panel." It was probably painted about 1545, when Michelangelo would have been seventy. It was the source for numerous copies.The portrait looks unfinished, but Daniele has fully described the sculptor's features and his left hand, almost as though recalling Michelangelo's notion that, "It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges."

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The piece of art Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) was created by Daniele da Volterra in 1544. The more than 470 year-old original measures the size of 34 3/4 x 25 1/4 in (88,3 x 64,1 cm). Oil on wood was applied by the painter as the technique for the artwork. Nowadays, this artpiece belongs to the digital collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art located in New York City, New York, United States of America. We are glad to mention that this work of art, which belongs to the public domain is included with courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Clarence Dillon, 1977. Creditline of the artwork: Gift of Clarence Dillon, 1977. Furthermore, alignment is portrait with a side ratio of 1 : 1.4, meaning that the length is 29% shorter than the width. Daniele da Volterra was a painter, whose style can be classified as High Renaissance. The High Renaissance painter was born in 1509 and passed away at the age of 57 in 1566.

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