The drawings of Michelangelo and his followers in the Ashmolean Museum

This volume comprises the fullest and most detailed catalogue of the drawings by and after Michelangelo in the Ashmolean Museum. It is one of the most important collections of drawings by this artist, which also includes drawings after his own by contemporaries that shed light on lost works as well as the artist's reputation and influence during the sixteenth century. The introduction provides a history of Michelangelo's drawings generally and also surveys the various types of drawing practised by Michelangelo and an account of his development as a draughtsman. Most of the drawings in the Ashmolean Museum came from the collection of Sir Thomas Lawrence, and this book contains a detailed appendix that traces the histories of all of the drawings by or after Michelangelo that Lawrence owned, both before he acquired them and after they were dispersed. This Volume Comprises A Full And Detailed Catalogue Of Drawings By And After Michelangelo In The Ashmolean Museum. The Ashmolean Possesses The Third Largest Collection In The World Of Drawings By Michelangelo - After The Casa Buonarroti And The British Museum - And A Rich Group Of Drawings By Michelangelo's Pupils And Close Associates, As Well As A Number Of Contemporary Copies After Drawings By The Master That Have Subsequently Been Lost. It Also Houses A Significant Number Of Copies, The Majority Of The Sixteenth Century, After Michelangelo's Works In All Media, That Shed Light On His Reputation And Influence Among His Contemporaries And Immediate Successors.--book Jacket. The Dispersal And Formation Of Sir Thomas Lawrence's Collection Of Drawings By Michelangelo -- Michelangelo's Drawings -- The Catalogue -- Wholly Or Partially Autograph Sheets (cats. 1-57) -- Copies Of Lost And Partially Lost Drawings (cats. 58-61) -- Copies Of Surviving Drawings (cats. 62-67) -- Studio Drawings And Drawings Of Undetermined Status (cats. 68-80) -- Copies Of Sculptures (cats. 81-85) -- Copies After Paintings (cats. 86-104) -- Copies Of Architecture (cats. 105-106) -- Miscellaneous (cats. 107-114) -- App. 1. Drawings By Or Attributed To Michelangelo In William Young Ottley's Sales -- App. 2. Sir Thomas Lawrence's Collection Of Drawings By And After Michelangelo -- List Of Former Owners -- Concordance To The Major Catalogues Of Michelangelo's Drawings -- Concordance Of Ashmolean Inventory Numbers With The Present Catalogue -- Drawings By And After Michelangelo And His Close Associates In Collections Other Than That Of The Ashmolean Museum; Other Works Of Art And Architecture By Michelangelo And Works Executed By Oilier Artists To His Designs (excluding Appendices) -- Works By Artists Other Than Michelangelo And Works Not Directly Related To Him (excluding Appendices). Paul Joannides. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 459-474) And Indexes. This volume comprises the fullest and most detailed catalogue of the drawings by and after Michelangelo in the Ashmolean Museum. It is one of the most important collections of drawings by this artist, which also includes drawings after his own by contemporaries that shed light on lost works as well as the artist's reputation and influence during the sixteenth century. The introduction provides a history of Michelangelo's drawings generally and also surveys the various types of drawing practiced by Michelangelo and an account of his development as a draughtsman. This volume contains a full catalogue of the drawings by and after Michelangelo in the Ashmolean Museum. It is one of the most important collections of his drawings and also includes works by contemporaries that shed light on lost works and the artist's reputation and influence during the 16th century Introductory essay: the dispersal and formation of Sir Thomas Lawrence's collection of drawings by Michelangelo Michelangelo's drawings Appendix 1. Drawings by or attributed to Michelangelo in William Young Ottley's sales Appendix 2. The Lawrence collection of drawings by and after Michelangelo.