Battista FrancoItalian, 1510–1561Skeleton
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- Source
- The museum
About the work
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.
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Particulars
- Accession number
- 1964.380
In the catalog
Sources
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Image: The Cleveland Museum of Art — Museum open access
