The Tomb of Lorenzo de' Medici from The Tombs of the Medici
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Frame: 22 × 16 in. (55.9 × 40.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1945
Accession Number
45.47.3(5)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the Metropolitan Museum of's Drawings and Prints department, where we encounter *The Tomb of Lorenzo de' Medici from The Tombs of the* (1570), a masterful engraving by Cornelis Cort Michelangelo Buonarroti's sculpture. This print captures the grandeur of Michelangelo's design from the New Sacristy San Lorenzo in Florence, in the 1520s–1530s as a memorial for the powerful Medici family. At its center sits Lorenzo de' Medici, of Urbino, flanked by the brooding allegorical figures of Dawn and Dusk—striking male and female nudes embodying the relentless passage of time. Michelangelo, a...
About the Artist
Cornelis Cort|Michelangelo Buonarroti · 1533–1578
Comment on works: copper engraver; engraver; etcher