id:			140468
accession number:	1964.380
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.380
updated:		2023-01-11 01:53:55.869000

Skeleton, early 1540s. Battista Franco (Italian, c. 1510–1561). Pen and brown ink; incised; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Cassirer 1964.380

title:				Skeleton
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creation date:			early 1540s
creation date earliest:		1540
creation date latest:		1545
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Cassirer
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culture:	Italy, 16th century
technique:	pen and brown ink; incised
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - Italian
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Battista Franco (Italian, c. 1510–1561)  - artist

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	inscription:	VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, lower left, in graphite: 4 .
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review (1964)
	opening date:   1965-01-01T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review (1964)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 1-31, 1965).

	title:		Science within Art
	opening date:   1980-02-13T05:00:00
	<i>Science within Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 13-April 20, 1980).

	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

	Sir Thomas Lawrence, London (Lugt 2445, lower left, blind stamped). Samuel Woodburn, London (Lugt 2584, not stamped); [his sale Christie's, London, 4-8 June 1860] (according to departmental cataloguing sheet). Boguslaw Jolles, Dresden and Vienna (Lugt 381a, lower left, in blue ink); [sale Munich, 28-31 October 1895] (according to departmental cataloguing sheet). Prof. Otto Neubauer, Munich and London (according to departmental card). Mr. and Mrs. Claude Cassirer, Cleveland.
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digital description:
Michelangelo was among the first artists in Europe to attend a human dissection and to adopt anatomical knowledge as a necessity for depicting the human figure. These drawings of anatomically accurate skeletons by Battista Franco reflect the increased—and slightly macabre—interest in the interior workings of the human body inspired in part by Michelangelo’s example.

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IMAGES

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print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1964.380/1964.380_print.jpg
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