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Moses by Michelangelo

(Scottish, 1811–1872)
about 1850–70
Medium/TechniquePhotograph, albumen print
DimensionsImage: 35 x 26.1 cm (13 3/4 x 10 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 52.1 x 36.5 cm (20 1/2 x 14 3/8 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous gift in honor of Clifford S. Ackley
Accession number2007.760
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPhotographs
Inscriptionsrecto, below rt, in ink: Guido painting Beatrice Cenci in prison the day preceding her execution. From a painting by Ratti. (inscription is crossed out in graphite)
ProvenanceRobert Hershkowitz Ltd., England; to private collector, Santa Monica, CA; given to MFA June 27, 2007