A Company of Horsemen
Battista Franco
c. 1510
Medium
Brush and brown ink and wash, on tan laid paper, laid down on ivory board
Dimensions
23.9 × 37.4 cm (9 7/16 × 14 3/4 in.)
Classification
ink and wash
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
85045
About the Artist
Battista Franco · 1510–1561
Battista Franco, known as il Semolei, was born in Venice around 1510, though his career unfolded largely in Rome and at the courts of central and northern Italy. He came to Rome in his twenties and immediately fell under two powerful spells: the inexhaustible riches of classical antiquity and the overwhelming presence of Michelangelo. Franco spent years making drawings after ancient sculptures and...