Pyramid of Five Men
Juste de Juste (French, 1505–1559)
about 1450s-60s
Medium
etching
Dimensions
sheet: 29 × 21.7 cm · platemark: 27.8 × 20.7 cm
Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Alma Kroeger Fund
Accession Number
2007.167
Tags
male
About this artwork
Although almost nothing is known about Juste de Juste, he was probably among a circle of artists working at Fontainebleau in France in the 1540s. This eccentric composition seems to reference the twisting, turning, and balancing bodies found on the Sistine Chapel ceiling as well as the muscular nude body types associated with Michelangelo. However, the composition itself is a unique invention not derived from any specific part of the ceiling or indeed from life studies.