id: 143142
accession number: 1967.127
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1967.127
updated: 2024-03-26 01:59:18.662000
Battle of the Nudes, 1470s–80s. Antonio del Pollaiuolo (Italian, 1431/32–1498). Engraving; sheet: 42.4 x 60.9 cm (16 11/16 x 24 in.); platemark: 42 x 60.4 cm (16 9/16 x 23 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1967.127
title: Battle of the Nudes
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creation date: 1470s–80s
creation date earliest: 1470
creation date latest: 1489
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creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Italy, 15th century
technique: engraving
department: Prints
collection: PR - Engraving
type: Print
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catalogue raisonne: Hind I,191,D.I.1 ; Bartsch XIII.202.2
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CREATORS
* Antonio del Pollaiuolo (Italian, 1431/32–1498) - artist
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measurements: Sheet: 42.4 x 60.9 cm (16 11/16 x 24 in.); Platemark: 42 x 60.4 cm (16 9/16 x 23 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Italian Prints and Drawings
opening date: 1968-01-30T05:00:00
Italian Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 30-February 25, 1968).
title: Albrecht Dürer - 500th Anniversary
opening date: 1971-02-19T05:00:00
Albrecht Dürer - 500th Anniversary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 19-March 28, 1971).
title: Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage
opening date: 1971-07-13T04:00:00
Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 13-September 19, 1971).
title: Connoisseurship in Italian Figural Compositions
opening date: 1980-10-21T04:00:00
Connoisseurship in Italian Figural Compositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 1980-February 15, 1981).
title: Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum
opening date: 1991-06-07T04:00:00
Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).
title: CASVA (Curatorial/Conservation Colloquy in conjunction with the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts)
opening date: 2000-06-19T00:00:00
CASVA (Curatorial/Conservation Colloquy in conjunction with the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts). National Gallery of Art, Landover, MD (organizer) (June 19-21, 2000).
title: Battle of the Nudes: Pollaiuolo's Renaissance Masterpiece
opening date: 2002-08-25T00:00:00
Battle of the Nudes: Pollaiuolo's Renaissance Masterpiece. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 25-October 27, 2002).
title: Treasures on Paper from the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2014-03-09T00:00:00
Treasures on Paper from the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 9-June 8, 2014).
title: Gods and Heroes: Ancient Legends in Renaissance Art
opening date: 2017-08-26T04:00:00
Gods and Heroes: Ancient Legends in Renaissance Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26-December 31, 2017).
title: Botticelli: The Drawings
opening date: 2023-11-18T05:00:00
Botticelli: The Drawings. Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA (November 18, 2023-February 11, 2024) https://www.famsf.org/exhibitions/botticelli-drawings.
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Langdale, Shelley R., and Antonio Pollaiolo. Battle of the Nudes: Pollaiuolo's Renaissance Masterpiece. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2002.
page number: exh. cat. number 1, p. 2
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/41826494?seq=1
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 79
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n101/
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 91
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n109/
Driscoll, Ann. "The Pig Painter: Parties, Poets, and Pollaiuolo." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 3 (1993): 83-111.
page number: Reproduced: p. 99; Mentioned: p. 97-111
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161392
May, Sally Ruth. Knockouts: a pocket guide. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
page number: Reproduced: no. 115, p. 102 - 103
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Langdale, Shelley R., "Mastering the Human Form", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 42 no. 06, Summer 2002
page number: Mentioned & reproduced: p. 6-7
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2002-06/page/n5
Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 347-348
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Berti, Luciano, Federica Chezzi, Antonio Natali, and Mario Sperenzi. Botticelli: approccio nel nuovo millennio. Firenze: Centro Di, 2015.
page number: Mentioned; p. 62; Reproduced: p. 64
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Olszewski, Edward J. "Michelangelo's David: Full Frontal Nudity in the Age of Savonarola." Source: Notes in the History of Art. v. 35 no. 1/2 (2015/2016): 118-125
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 120-121
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Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum Masters: 2016-17 Companion Guide. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2016.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: P. 16
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Schulz, Anne Markham. The History of Venetian Renaissance Sculpture, Ca. 1400-1530. London : Harvey Miller Publishers, 2017.
page number: Mentioned p. 162; Reproduced fig. 53
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Nethersole, Scott. Art and Violence in Early Renaissance Florence.
New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, 2018
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 20, 34, 116-117, 176-182, 179. figs. 6, 79,144,147
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Rubin, Patricia Lee. Seen from Behind: Perspectives on the Male Body and Renaissance Art. New Haven : Yale University Press, 2018.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 40-41, 122-123, 213, pl. 1.41, 4.14, 6.33
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Heisterberg, Marion. Zwischen exemplum und opus absolutum: Studien zum Abzeichnen im italienischen Tre- und Quattrocento zwischen Mustertransfer und Kopie. 2020.
page number: Reproduced and mentioned; pp. 421-422, fig. 265
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Raphael, and Francesco Federico Mancini. Fortuna e mito di Raffaello in Umbria. 2021.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 146-148, fig. 5
url:
Olszewski, Edward J. The Agency of Female Typology in Italian Renaissance Paintings. Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2023.
page number: Mentioned: p. 87; reproduced: p. 89, fig. 4.4.
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1967.127/1967.127_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1967.127/1967.127_print.jpg
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