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In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
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 drawing, he made new, inventive compositions that emulated Michelangelo without directly copying or quoting his works. The drawing—possibly a study for painted pottery—shows the Virgin Mary and Christ flanked by Saints Anne and Catherine. The unusual, twisting forms of the saints recall the inventive poses that Michelangelo created for many of the saints on the Last Judgment fresco.
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Half Figure of a Youth with Outstretched Left Arm and Bowed 
The Entombment
St. Jerome
The Entombment of Christ
Six Animals, including lions, a tiger, a leopard, a griffin,
Two Angels or Winged Genii Carrying Torches
Fortitude and Justice, an allegorical composition in round f
The Adoration of the Shepherds with angels overhead
Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola) — The Virgin and Child acc
Battista Franco — Three Allegorical Figures in a Roundel
Filippino Lippi — Virgin and Child Attended by Angels
Anonymous, Italian, 17th century — Virgin and Child with Inf
Aurelio Luini — The Holy Family with the Infant Baptist, Sai
Charles Joseph Natoire|Louis Marin Bonnet — The Childhood of
Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) — Madonna an
Polidoro da Caravaggio — The Holy Family with Saint Elizabet
Simone Cantarini — The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine
Jan Gossart (called Mabuse) — The Holy Family
Francesco Amato (Italian) — The Holy Family
Andrea Mantegna — The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and t