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Battista Franco

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Pen and ink drawing of a muscular nude man bound to a cross, head turned sideways, with a draped loincloth.

The Penitent Thief on the Cross

1510-61

Pen drawing of a frontal male figure in Egyptian headdress and kilt, with Italian handwritten notes below.

Roman Telamones in the Egyptian Style

1510-61

Engraving of a Roman soldier greeting a seated woman beside a roundel showing a boy clinging to an old man's cloak.

Romeinse soldaat begroet Romeinse dame / Allegorie: een jongen klampt zich vast aan een oude man, terwijl een vrouw a…

1520

Engraving of nude Hercules raising a club against a multi-headed Hydra coiled on rocks beside a tree.

Hercules in gevecht met de Hydra van Lerna

1520

Pen drawing of an arched lunette design with putti, grotesque masks and scrolls framing a blank central cartouche.

Design for the Decoration of a Lunette with a Large Central Cartouche

1498-1561

Pen drawing of a fountain with an oval basin, tritons, dolphins, grotesque heads and a figure of Neptune above.

Design for a Fountain with Sea Horses and Triton Base, Basin, Dolphins and Tritons, Three Grotesque heads and Neptune

ca. 1550

Pen and ink drawing of an ornate cartouche flanked by a bearded man, a laurel-crowned youth in armor, and four putti.

Drawing of Cartouche with Bearded Man Left, Young man crowned with Laurels Right, and Four Putti

1498-1561

Engraving of Moses striking a rock as water flows out to a crowd of people, camels and cattle in a wooded landscape.

Moses Striking the Rock

1498

Engraving of a centaur with curly hair galloping past a gnarled tree on rocky ground, with a caption below.

De roof van Deïanira

1520

Engraved sheet with four scenes: a bust in a frame, a hurdy-gurdy player, two caricature heads, and two old women with a sala

Francesco Sforza, Draailier speler, Twee karikaturale mannenhoofden, Twee oude karikaturale vrouwen met een salami

1530

Six Caricature Heads

1530

Engraving of a crowned king receiving a tray of vessels from a servant, with a procession of men, horses, an elephant and a l

Abraham Paying Tithes to Melchisedek

1498

Engraving of robed men reacting in a stone temple as a winged figure glows above a pedestal, with fallen figures in the foreg

The Ark of the Lord in the Temple of Dagon

1498

Engraving of a bearded man reclining on rocks with a staff beside him, shaded sky behind.

St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness

ca. 1552-54

Engraving of Moses striking a rock to release water, with a crowd of figures and trees in a wooded landscape.

Mozes slaat water uit de rots

1508

Engraving of figures gathering manna in a desert landscape, with tents and camels at upper left and draped figures carrying v

Verzamelen van het manna

1508

Engraving of the Entombment: men lower Christ's body into a rocky tomb as mourning figures gather around.

Graflegging

1508

Engraving of a centaur carrying a woman while Hercules shoots an arrow at him and a reclining figure holds a cornucopia.

The Abduction of Dejanira, at center in the arms of the centaur Nessus, Hercules at right shooting the centaur with a…

ca. 1530-61

Engraving of an elderly bearded man kneeling before a crucifix, with a skull and a lion beside him.

Saint Jerome kneeling before a crucifix, with a skull and lion

ca. 1550-60

Engraving of a draped woman in classical dress picking fruit from a tree, with fine hatched shading.

Woman in Roman Costume Picking Fruit from a Tree

ca. 1560

Engraving of the dead Christ supported by two angels in a rocky tomb, with dense crosshatched shading on the body.

Corpus Christi

before 1555

Engraving of a bacchanal with a maenad, satyrs, a lyre, grapevine, putti carrying grapes, and a goat.

A Bacchanal

1530-61

Engraving of fishermen hauling nets from boats while figures on shore kneel and stand, with a distant sailing ship on the hor

The Miraculous Draught of Fish

Studies of Heads

16th century

Engraving of a seated man crowned by a winged angel while kneeling figures and soldiers approach with a pitcher and bowl.

Scipio Granting Clemency to the Prisoners

1530-61

Engraving of the Holy Family: Mary seated with the Christ child, and Joseph with a staff behind them under a draped curtain.

The Holy Family

1510-61

Engraving of Hercules with a raised club fighting a many-headed hydra beside a tree and rocks.

Hercules Killing the Hydra of Lerna

after 1552

Engraving of a muscular bearded nude man raising one arm beside a tree, with draped cloth and faces in the rocks below.

John the Baptist Preaching in the Wilderness

Engraving of Christ carrying the cross through a crowd of soldiers and mourning women, with a rocky landscape and tree behind

Christ Carrying the Cross

ca. 1552

Engraving of a centaur carrying off a draped woman as an archer draws a bow beside a tree, with a reclining nude holding flow

The Abduction of Dejanira

16th century

Engraving of two winged angels flying diagonally, each holding a flaming torch against radiating light lines.

Two Angels or Winged Genii Carrying Torches

Six Heads, Three Feet, Two Ears, Six Eyes, Four Lips

16th century