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The Crucifixion of Saint Peter, after Michelangelo's frescoes in the Pauline Chapel, Vatican Palace

Publisher Antonio Lafreri French
1550–60
Not on view
See: B. Barnes, 'Michelangelo in Print: Reproductions as Response in the Sixteenth Century', 2010, no.66.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Crucifixion of Saint Peter, after Michelangelo's frescoes in the Pauline Chapel, Vatican Palace
  • Artist: Michele Lucchese (Italian, active Rome, 1534–64)
  • Artist: After Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome)
  • Publisher: Antonio Lafreri (French, Orgelet, Franche-Comte ca. 1512–1577 Rome)
  • Date: 1550–60
  • Medium: Etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: Plate: 16 7/16 × 12 3/4 in. (41.8 × 32.4 cm)
    Sheet: 18 7/16 × 14 1/4 in. (46.8 × 36.2 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
  • Object Number: 59.595.17
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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