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Prometheus bound to a rock, his liver eaten by an eagle. Print by Bartolozzi, after Michelangelo.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Francesco Bartolozzi  (–1815)  wikidata:Q734889
 
Francesco Bartolozzi
Alternative names
Francesco Bartolozzi
Description Italian engraver
Date of birth/death 25 September 1728 / 21 September 1727 Edit this at Wikidata 7 March 1815 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Florence Edit this at Wikidata Lisbon Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q734889
Michelangelo  (1475–1564)  wikidata:Q5592 s:en:Author:Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni q:en:Michelangelo
 
Michelangelo
Alternative names
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
Description Italian painter, sculptor, architect, poet and inventor
Date of birth/death 6 March 1475 Edit this at Wikidata 18 February 1564 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Caprese Michelangelo Edit this at Wikidata Rome Edit this at Wikidata
Work period from 1487 until 1564
date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P580,+1487-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1564-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location
Florence (1487–1494), Bologna (1494–1496), Rome (1496–1501), Florence (1501–1505), Rome (1505–1506), Florence (1506–1508), Rome (1508–1516), Florence (1516–September 1529), Venice (September 1529–November 1529), Florence (November 1529–1532), Rome (1532–1533), Florence (1533), Rome (November 1533), Florence (1533–August 1534), Rome (1534–1564)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q5592
Title
Prometheus bound to a rock, his liver eaten by an eagle. Print by Bartolozzi, after Michelangelo.
Object type Print; Prints
Description
  • Prometheus was one of the Titans, a divine figure in Greek mythology associated with the origin of fire. In the legend retold by Hesiod, Zeus is tricked by Prometheus into giving fire to Mankind. As a punishment Zeus has him bound to a pillar, his liver eaten daily by an eagle, and renewed every night until he is finally freed by Heracles.
  • The original artwork contains lettering in pencil above the print: "Prometheus and the vulture."
Date 1795
date QS:P571,+1795-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium Crayon-manner in sanguine (red ink)
Dimensions 25 × 35.3 cm
institution QS:P195,Q7981191
Current location
Wellcome Library, London. Closed stores, Iconographic.
Accession number
43634i
Source/Photographer https://wellcomecollection.org/works/mpntcgfj
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 As part of the Wellcome Trust, except where otherwise noted, content of the Wellcome Collection is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.

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Prometheus bound to a rock, his liver eaten by an eagle. Crayon manner print by Bartolozzi, after Michelangelo.

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