Franco, Battista. Half-Length Skeleton in Profile, early 1540s. pen and brown ink; incised, Sheet: 23.5 x 16.1 cm (9 1/4 x 6 5/16 in.); Secondary Support: 23.5 x 16.1 cm (9 1/4 x 6 5/16 in.). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Cassirer, 1964.380.1. CC0.

Half-Length Skeleton in Profile

early 1540s

Battista Franco

Battista Franco (Italian, 1498?-1561)

Drawings

Half-Length Skeleton in Profile, early 1540s. Battista Franco (Italian, 1498?-1561). Pen and brown ink; incised; sheet: 23.5 x 16.1 cm (9 1/4 x 6 5/16 in.); secondary support: 23.5 x 16.1 cm (9 1/4 x 6 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Cassirer 1964.380.1

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Franco, Battista
Classification: Drawing
Formatted Medium: pen and brown ink; incised
Medium: pen, brown, ink, incised
Dimensions: Sheet: 23.5 x 16.1 cm (9 1/4 x 6 5/16 in.); Secondary Support: 23.5 x 16.1 cm (9 1/4 x 6 5/16 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, lower left, in graphite: 4 .
Departments: Drawings
Accession Number: 1964.380.1
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Cassirer
Exhibitions: Year in Review (1964), Drawings: Discoveries in the Collection, CMA, The Draftsman's Eye: Late Italian Renaissance Schools and Styles (Mar. 6-Apr. 22, 1979), no. 48, illus. (recto), pp. 23, 76.<br>CMA, Ars Medica (Aug. 3-Dec. 12, 1965).<br>CMA, "Year in Review for 1964" (Dec. 8, 1964-Feb. 17, 1965), cma Bulletin 51 (1964), p. 265 no. 115.
Rights Statement: CC0

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