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Figure of an Old Man and a Head
Johann Theophilus Prestel (German, 1739–1808)
After: Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian (Florentine), 1475–1564)
After: Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian (Florentine), 1475–1564)
Medium/Technique
Etching printed in brown
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB3020
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Marks
Lower left, stamped in black with the collector's mark of Peter Vischer (Lugt 2115)
InscriptionsLower center, in plate: Dessein de Michel Ange; gravé d'aprés l'Original de même grandeur / qui est dans le Cabinet de Monsieur de Praun á Nuremberg, / par Jean Théophile Prestel, peintre.
Lower right, in plate: No. 3,
Lower right, in plate: No. 3,
ProvenancePeter Vischer (b. 1751 - d.1823; Lugt 2115), Basel. William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 – d. 1899; Lugt 208), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of Babcock to the MFA. (Acquisition Date: June 5, 1900)