id:			107194
accession number:	1925.1190.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1925.1190.b
updated:		2023-03-04 09:29:32.386000

Sketches of Five Arms and a Head (verso), mid 1500s. Luzio Romano (Italian, active 1528–75). Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, and charcoal underdrawing; sheet: 31.6 x 21.6 cm (12 7/16 x 8 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1925.1190.b

title:				Sketches of Five Arms and a Head (verso)
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creation date:			mid 1500s
creation date earliest:		1530
creation date latest:		1570
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creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
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culture:	Italy, 16th century
technique:	pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, and charcoal underdrawing
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - Italian
type:		Drawing
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

* Luzio Romano (Italian, active 1528–75)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 31.6 x 21.6 cm (12 7/16 x 8 1/2 in.)
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support materials:

	description:	beige(1) laid paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	lower left, in graphite: A. 3104 ; lower center, in graphite: 12
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	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Master/Apprentice: Imitation and Inspiration in the Renaissance
	opening date:   2019-10-13T04:00:00
	<i>Master/Apprentice: Imitation and Inspiration in the Renaissance</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 13, 2019-February 23, 2020).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	[P. & D. Colnaghi Co.]
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fun fact:


digital description:
Luzio Romano’s drawing of arms and a head were made from a flayed body (a cadaver with its skin removed). The triangle placed over the facial profile points to the Renaissance artist’s interest in geometry and to the idea that the human body is the primary model of perfect proportions.

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RELATED WORKS

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IMAGES

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print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1925.1190.b/1925.1190.b_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1925.1190.b/1925.1190.b_full.tif