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Giulio Bonasone|Michelangelo Buonarroti

The ancestors of Christ flanking an inscribed tablet, an arched top composition

1531–76
Engraving
21.4 × 31.6 cm (8.4 × 12.4 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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