id:			140469
accession number:	1964.380.1
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.380.1
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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

title:				Half-Length Skeleton in Profile
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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, 1498?-1561)  - artist

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measurements: 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.)
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support materials:

	description:	light brown laid paper, laid down on beige(1) laid(?) paper
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inscriptions:

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

	title:		Year in Review (1964)
	opening date:   1964-12-08T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review (1964)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 1964-January 31, 1965).

	title:		Drawings: Discoveries in the Collection
	opening date:   1990-08-07T04:00:00
	<i>Drawings: Discoveries in the Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 7-October 28, 1990).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': "CMA, The Draftsman's Eye: Late Italian Renaissance Schools and Styles (Mar. 6-Apr. 22, 1979), no. 48, illus. (recto), pp. 23, 76.", 'opening_date': '1979-03-06T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, Ars Medica (Aug. 3-Dec. 12, 1965).', 'opening_date': '1965-08-03T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, "Year in Review for 1964" (Dec. 8, 1964-Feb. 17, 1965), cma Bulletin 51 (1964), p. 265 no. 115.', 'opening_date': '1964-12-08T00:00:00'}

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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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