Capitals : small studies of figures
- Published/Created:
- ca. 1503-1504
- Physical Description:
- 18.5 x 18.1 cm
- Date Depicted:
- 2011
1500 AD - 1699 AD - Materials:
- pen and brown ink, the capitals over leadpoint
- Notes:
- Inscribed by Michelangelo: ‘Molti anni fassi qual felicie in una/ brevissima ora si lame[n]ta e dole/ o p[er] famosa o p[er] antica prole/ altri s i[n] lustra e n u[n] mome[n]to i[m]bruna./ Cosa mobil non e che socto el sole/ no[n] vi[n]c[e] morte e cha[n]gi la fortuna’
- Associated Names:
- Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564 [Artist]
- Period/Style:
- Renaissance
- Culture:
- Italian
- Accession Number:
- 4159-114
- Genre:
- drawings (AAT)
- Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Paintings & Drawings
- Rights:
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Source Creator:
- Chapman, Hugo
Faietti, Marzia - Source Title:
- Fra Angelico to Leonardo : Italian Renaissance drawings
- Source Created:
- Burlington, VT
Lund Humphries
2010 - Call Number:
- NC255 .C44 2010 (LC)
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Original Repository:
- London, England: British Museum
- OID:
- 10103598
- PID:
- digcoll:1869830