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Italy takes no chances

Watercolour
2020 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Satirical cartoon regarding the coronavirus pandemic, published February 26th 2020, showing a pastiche of the Sistine Chapel ceiling with God holding a bottle of hand sanitiser out to Adam. God is surrounded by angelic figures and everyone depicted is wearing a face mask. Signed and inscribed 'after Michelangelo' and dated.


Object details

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Object type
TitleItaly takes no chances (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour and gouache
Brief description
Watercolour and gouache drawing by Peter Brookes for the Times Newspaper: 'Italy takes no chances'. February, 2020.
Physical description
Satirical cartoon regarding the coronavirus pandemic, published February 26th 2020, showing a pastiche of the Sistine Chapel ceiling with God holding a bottle of hand sanitiser out to Adam. God is surrounded by angelic figures and everyone depicted is wearing a face mask. Signed and inscribed 'after Michelangelo' and dated.
Dimensions
  • Sheet height: 367mm
  • Sheet width: 410mm
  • Image height: 202mm
  • Image width: 290mm
Credit line
Given by Keith Lester in memory of Brein Ryder
Collection
Accession number
E.118-2021

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Record createdSeptember 21, 2021
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