© Fredrik Johansson
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475 – 1564), Spirituali Pietà, indistinctly dated 154 [?], oil on linen canvas, 134.7 x 107.2 cm. Signed twice, lower centre left on the skull, and lower centre on a leaf.
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475 – 1564), Spirituali Pietà, indistinctly dated 154 [?], oil on linen canvas, 134.7 x 107.2 cm. Signed twice, lower centre left on the skull, and lower centre on a leaf.
Left monogram, approximately 11mm. / 0.4330 in. high –
© Fredrik Johansson
Right monogram approximately 11mm. / 0.4330 in. high –
© Fredrik Johansson
”As for the two monograms, these were applied on the original and dry painted surface, as was customary, and before craquelure developed. No modern pigments can be identified in the composition of the paint (or in the paint underlying the monograms). Craquelures in the paint run through the monograms.” — Dr. Steven Saverwyns, Head, Painting Laboratory, KIK-IRPA, Brussels.
”As for the two monograms, these were applied on the original and dry painted surface, as was customary, and before craquelure developed. No modern pigments can be identified in the composition of the paint (or in the paint underlying the monograms). Craquelures in the paint run through the monograms.” — Dr. Steven Saverwyns, Head, Painting Laboratory, KIK-IRPA, Brussels.