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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
Although Michelangelo’s 1504 commission to paint the monumental Battle of Cascina fresco in Florence’s city hall was never completed, his cartoon (full-scale drawing) for the composition was studied by many artists in Florence before being destroyed. In this print made just six years after the commission, engraver Marcantonio Raimondi directly quoted three figures from the left side of the cartoon, demonstrating his superior ability in accurately rendering Michelangelo’s heroic male figures. The landscape, which Marcantonio copied from a print by Netherlandish artist Lucas van Leyden, shows his impressive range as a printmaker.
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Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Galba, from The Twelve Caes
Hercules, grasping Antaeus at the waist with both arms and l
The Massacre of the Innocents (Without the Fir Tree)
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Nero, from The Twelve Caesa
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Vespasian, from The Twelve 
Two Fauns Carrying a Child
Massacre of the Innocents (With the Fir Tree)
Apollo on Parnassus
Lucas van Leyden|Marcantonio Raimondi|Michelangelo Buonarrot
Battista Franco|Giulio Sanuto|Daniele da Volterra (Daniele R
Marcantonio Raimondi|Michelangelo Buonarroti — Naked man vie
Marcantonio Raimondi|Michelangelo Buonarroti — Naked man vie
Heinrich Aldegrever (German, 1502–1555/61) — Mucius Saevola
Giovanni Antonio da Brescia (Italian) — Allegory of the Resc
Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi)|Michelangelo Buonarro
Giovanni Antonio da Brescia (Italian) — Allegory of the Fall
Jean Mignon (French, active c. 1535–55) — The Judgment of Pa
Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio|Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)
Marcantonio Raimondi — The seated naked man at left being be
Lucas van Leyden — The Fall of Man