112 - Giovanni Battista Cavalieri Martyrdom of St. Peter, after Michelangelo

Giovanni Battista Cavalieri Martyrdom of St. Peter, after Michelangelo Engraving, 416 × 541 mm. B. Barnes, Michelangelo in Print: Reproductions as Response in the Sixteenth Century, 2010, no. 67.Fine impression printed on laid paper with watermark (fleur-de-lis within a double circle above the letter B). Trimmed to the platemark. Sheet with a central vertical fold and a tear in the lower part of the fold, reinforced on the reverse with a strip of laid paper. Some foxing and light stains. A few very short tears along the upper and lower edges. Light creases. Nevertheless, overall in good condition. A pencil sketch of a figure on the reverse. Rare.