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Nicolas Beatrizet
Tityuscirca 1540

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Engraving of a muscular nude male figure lying on rocky ground while a large eagle with spread wings stands on his torso, classical ruins and billowing smoke in the distance, with Latin text along the bottom border

Nicolas Beatrizet, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Tityus, circa 1540, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Nicolas Beatrizet
France, active Italy, 1507- 1565
After
Michelangelo Buonarroti
1475-1564
Title
Tityus
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
circa 1540
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 13 1/8 × 17 1/2 in. (33.34 × 44.45 cm) Image: 11 1/8 × 14 1/2 in. (28.26 × 36.83 cm)
Credit Line
Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest
Accession Number
M.88.91.4
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography

  • Davis, Bruce. Mannerist Prints: International Style in the Sixteenth Century. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1988.