Three Allegorical Figures in a Roundel
1510–61
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash (recto); black chalk lines (verso)
Dimensions
7 5/8 x 7 5/8 in. (19.3 x 19.3 cm) Diameter
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971
Accession Number
1975.131.28
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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...