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)
Rights
Public Domain
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...