A Slave

Artist Pierre Biard the Younger (French, 1592 - 1661)

Artist After Michelangelo Buonarotti (Italian, 1475 - 1564)

Date17th century

MediumEtching

DimensionsImage: 16 x 8 3/8 inches (40.64 x 21.27 cm)
Mat: 19 x 14 inches (48.26 x 35.56 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: Nelson Gallery Foundation

Object numberF89-29

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DescriptionPierre Biard the Younger, A SlaveExhibition History

Exhibition History

Thirty Years of Print Purchases for the Permanent Collection, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, November 19 - December 31, 1989, no. 12.

Gallery Label

Biard's print is based on two of six sculptures of prisoners (sometimes called slaves) that Michelangelo designed for the lower level of the tomb of Pope Julius II (1443-1513) in the Church of San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome. It is not a faithful reproduction of either model, and Biard has added drapery. The face of the captive is the embodiment of angry defiance.

Published References

Thirty Years of Print Purchases for the Permanent Collection, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, November 19 - December 31, 1989, p. 6.

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