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Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalen

Giulio Clovio, Cornelis Cort1567

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

Called the Michelangelo of small works, Giulio Clovio was known for translating the monumental forms of Michelangelo into works on the smallest scale, such as illuminated manuscripts. This engraving (made after Clovio’s design) sets the bold, lean, and twisting bodies of Christ and Mary Magdalene against a garden scene more typical of manuscript illuminations. The print was engraved and published in Antwerp, a center for print and book publishing in the second half of the 1500s. The dissemination of this and other such works spread Michelangelo’s figural style throughout Europe.

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  • Title: Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalen
  • Creator: Cornelis Cort (Dutch, 1533-1578), Giulio Clovio (Italian, 1498-1578)
  • Date Created: 1567
  • Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 28.1 x 20.7 cm (11 1/16 x 8 1/8 in.)
  • Provenance: Pierre Mariette (1634-1716), Paris, script (Lugt 1790), verso, lower center, in pen and brown ink. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Meals, Cleveland.
  • Type: Print
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1979.131
  • Medium: engraving
  • State of work: i?/ii
  • Inscriptions: lower left, in plate: 1567 ; VERSO, by Pierre Mariette, lower center, in brown ink: P. Mariette 1671 ; center, in graphite: 5/3 [circled] ; lower left, in graphite: 63 767/3[c?]
  • Department: Prints
  • Culture: Netherlands, 16th century
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Meals
  • Collection: PR - Engraving
  • Accession Number: 1979.131
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