Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: St. Peter's
Medium
Engraving and etching
Dimensions
sheet: 13 3/8 x 18 1/8 in. (34 x 46 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1941
Accession Number
41.72(3.25)
Tags
About the Artist
Michelangelo Buonarroti|Antonio Lafreri|Claudio Duchetti|Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla · 1475–1564
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475–1564) stands as the quintessential figure of the Italian High Renaissance, a sculptor, painter, architect, and poet whose mastery across disciplines embodied the era's humanist ideals. Born on March 6, 1475, in Caprese within the Republic of Florence to a modest family—his father, Lodovico di Buonarroti Simoni, served as a minor magistrate—Michelang...