? Battista Franco (c. 1510-1561)
A man under a tree c.1510-60
Etching | 21.6 x 39.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852312
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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).Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-1876)
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21.6 x 39.6 cm (sheet of paper)
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