Genre
? BATTISTA FRANCO (C. 1510-1561)
A man under a tree
c.1510-60Etching | 21.6 x 39.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852312
An etching catalogued by Ruland (1876) as being executed in Giovanni Battista Franco's manner and imitated from a figure in the cartoon des Grimpeurs by Michelangelo. Trimmed within the platemark.
The cartoon is the so-called Cartoon of Pisa, the Battle of Cascina: the figure depicted in this etching is related to the figure on the far right in the cartoon (in reverse).
The cartoon is the so-called Cartoon of Pisa, the Battle of Cascina: the figure depicted in this etching is related to the figure on the far right in the cartoon (in reverse).
Creator(s)
? Battista Franco (c. 1510-1561) (etcher)
After a work associated with Michelangelo Buonarroti (Caprese 1475-Rome 1564) (artist)
21.6 x 39.6 cm (sheet of paper)
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-1876)
Subject(s)
- People
- Men
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Botany
- Systematic botany
- Trees
- Systematic botany
- Botany
- Geography
- Systematic geography
- Landscapes
- Systematic geography
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- People
Other number(s)
Ruland p. 171 B.XII.1
