The Adoration of the Shepherds
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 37.4 × 51 cm · platemark: 37.5 × 51 cm
Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Alma Kroeger Fund
Accession Number
2017.107
Tags
male
About this artwork
Battista Franco was one of Michelangelo’s most devoted followers: his biographer Giorgio Vasari wrote that he drew every figure on the master’s Sistine Chapel ceiling. In Franco’s own works, such as this print, he made new, inventive compositions that emulated Michelangelo without directly copying or quoting his works. The print depicts the group of shepherds who visited the Christ child shortly after his birth. Franco used twisting, active poses and emphasized anatomy and musculature, creating ...