MICHELE LUCCHESE (AFTER MICHELANGELO) Soldiers Bathing in th

Sale 2682 - Lot 42

Price Realized: $ 2,500

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Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500

MICHELE LUCCHESE (AFTER MICHELANGELO)
Soldiers Bathing in the Arno (Climbers).

Engraving, after 1524. 332x441 mm; 13¼x17½ inches, thread margins. A very good, dark impression of this scarce engraving with strong contrasts.

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This engraving is based on another engraving, with the subject in the opposite direction, by Agostino Veneziano (see Bartsch 423). Both engravings derive from a now lost cartoon for a fresco drawn by Michelangelo (1475-1564) illustrating a scene from the Battle of Cascina (July 28, 1364), which celebrated the Florentine victory of Siena, for a competition against Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) in the Salone dei Cinquecento of the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. Michele Lucchese (also known as Michele Greco) was an engraver and publisher active in Rome in the mid-16th century.