Moses. From the Tomb of Pope Julius II

by Michelangelo Buonarroti, Nicolas artist. Béatrizet, attributed engravers or

$8,500 · Offered by Liber Antiquus

SECOND STATE, of three, with the addition of “Romae” incised at lower right. A very fine example, with high contrast, of this rare print. This is the first published engraving dedicated to Michelangelo’s Moses, and one of only two made in the 16th century. The funerary monument of Julius II occupied Michelangelo, in various phases, from 1505 to the 1540s. Prints of the entire monument are few. In

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