id: 155613 accession number: 1990.58 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1990.58 updated: Six Prophets and Sibyls: The Prophet Joel, early 1570s. Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, 1520–1582), after Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475–1564). Engraving; sheet: 55.9 x 41.5 cm (22 x 16 5/16 in.); secondary support: 57.7 x 42.9 cm (22 11/16 x 16 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Jane and Robert Lewis in memory of Harold Fallon 1990.58 title: The Prophet Joel title in original language: series: Six Prophets and Sibyls series in original language: creation date: early 1570s creation date earliest: 1570 creation date latest: 1575 current location: creditline: Gift of Jane and Robert Lewis in memory of Harold Fallon copyright: --- culture: Italy, 16th century technique: engraving department: Prints collection: PR - Engraving type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: Lewis&Boorsch 44 --- CREATORS * Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, 1520–1582) - artist * Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475–1564) - artist --- measurements: Sheet: 55.9 x 41.5 cm (22 x 16 5/16 in.); Secondary Support: 57.7 x 42.9 cm (22 11/16 x 16 7/8 in.) state of the work: ii/v edition of the work: support materials: description: two sheets (joined) of cream(1) laid paper, with edges (reinforced) laid down on strips (2 cm. wide) of laid paper watermarks: inscriptions: inscription: center, in plate: IOEL ; VERSO, upper center, in graphite: Lot 56[on paper strip glued to edge]/ No 7[?] ; upper right, in graphite: 31 ; lower left, in graphite: 23661 ; lower center, in graphite: Lot[on paper strip glued to edge] ; lower right, in graphite: L. a L. 44ii (of v)[on paper strip glued to edge ; lower right, in graphite: 121688.50 Joel[on paper strip glued to edge] ; lower right, in graphite: B. 18 I/2[on paper strip glued to edge] translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620 opening date: 1997-08-03T00:00:00 Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 3-October 26, 1997). title: Master/Apprentice: Imitation and Inspiration in the Renaissance opening date: 2019-10-13T04:00:00 Master/Apprentice: Imitation and Inspiration in the Renaissance. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 13, 2019-February 23, 2020). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/3/97 - 10/26/97. "Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620." --- PROVENANCE purchased from (R.E. Lewis, Inc., Larkspur Landing, CA) date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: During the 1500s Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling was rarely open to the public and thus for the most part inaccessible. Artists, however, were generally allowed to visit the chapel to study and make drawings from the paintings. Giorgio Ghisi did so in the 1540s and created engravings of six of the chapel’s prophets and sybils. His Prophet Joel accurately reproduces the pose, costume elements, and architectural detail of the figure in a voluminous engraving technique, with dramatic darks and lights that evoke the three-dimensional forms of sculpture. Engravings such as this spread Michelangelo’s inventions throughout Europe, but in pieces: one still had to visit the chapel to see the whole composition. wall description: This series represents six of the Old Testament Prophets, as depicted in Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescos, painted between 1508 and 1512. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1990.58/1990.58_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1990.58/1990.58_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1990.58/1990.58_full.tif