Last Judgment, after Michelangelo
Tommaso Piroli · 1752–1824
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The artwork, titled "Last Judgment, after Michelangelo," was created by Tommaso Piroli. Its medium is ink and graphite, and it measures 24-3/4 x 18-5/8 inches (62.9 x 47.3 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art received the piece as a gift from Alexander B.V. Johnson and Roberta J.M. Olson in 1993, classifying it as a drawing within the Department of Drawings and Prints. No information on its culture or provenance is provided.
Tommaso Piroli (1752–1824) was an Italian engraver. While the catalogue record dates the artwork to 1752–1824, a more specific date of creation for this piece is not specified.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds other works by Tommaso Piroli, including "The Entombment" (1772–1824) and several editions of engravings related to John Flaxman's compositions for "The Iliad of Homer" and "The Odyssey of Homer" (e.g., 1805, 1793, 1795–1817). The Art Institute of Chicago also has holdings by Piroli, including "Illustration to Pope's Odyssey" (1793) and "Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist" (undated).
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The Entombment
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, Engraved From the Compositions of John Flaxman, Sculptor, Rome
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Iliad of Homer, The Odyssey of Homer, Compositions from The Tragedies of Aeschylus, and The Theogony, Works and Days of Hesiod
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Homer's Iliad, Homer's Odyssey, Aeschylus's Tragedies and les Argonautes
Art Institute of Chicago
Illustration to Pope's Odyssey
Art Institute of Chicago
Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist
Art Institute of Chicago
Trinity with the Virgin, and Ten Saints
Art Institute of Chicago
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