The Climbers (Three Figures from Michelangelo's Battle of Cascina)
1510
Marcantonio Raimondi
Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, 1470/82–1527/34)
Prints
The Climbers (Three Figures from Michelangelo's Battle of Cascina), 1510. Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, 1470/82–1527/34), after Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475–1564), after Lucas van Leyden (Dutch, 1494–1533). Engraving; sheet: 28.6 x 22.9 cm (11 1/4 x 9 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1922.142 Although Michelangelo’s 1504 commission to paint the monumental Battle of Cascina fresco in Florence’s city hall was never completed, his cartoon (full-scale drawing) for the composition was studied by many artists in Florence before being destroyed. In this print made just six years after the commission, engraver Marcantonio Raimondi directly quoted three figures from the left side of the cartoon, demonstrating his superior ability in accurately rendering Michelangelo’s heroic male figures. The landscape, which Marcantonio copied from a print by Netherlandish artist Lucas van Leyden, shows his impressive range as a printmaker.
- Maker/Artist
- Raimondi, Marcantonio
- Classification
- Formatted Medium
- engraving
- Medium
- engraving
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 28.6 x 22.9 cm (11 1/4 x 9 in.)
- Departments
- Prints
- Accession Number
- 1922.142
- Credit Line
- Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
- Exhibitions
- Miscellaneous Prints and Drawings from the Museum Collections, Prints of the Fifteenth to Twentieth Century from the Museum Collection, Inaugural Exhibition of the New Print Gallery - Prints from the Museum Collection, The Silver Jubilee Exhibition, Exhibition of the Month: Ways of Drawing Nudes, Connoisseurship in Italian Figural Compositions, The Lessons of the Academy, Real Prints: Reproduction or Invention, Drawn to the Body: The Human Figure and the Graphic Arts, 1500-1900, Early Italian Engraving: 1460's - 1530's, Gods and Heroes: Ancient Legends in Renaissance Art, Master/Apprentice: Imitation and Inspiration in the Renaissance
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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