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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
Swirling draperies like the one haphazardly worn by this faun do more than conceal, in many cases they reveal an artist's technical skill. To render folds and gathers in fabric, artists used chiaroscuro , meaning contrasting light and dark tones.
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Faun of sater, zittend naar rechts
Salvator Rosa — Study for a Raising of Lazarus (recto); half
Bernardino Poccetti (Italian, 1548–1612) — The River God Tib
Jean Restout le jeune — Seated Male Nude
Giovanni Battista Naldini — Samson Slaying the Philistine, a
Francesco Salviati (Francesco de' Rossi) — Seated Male Nude
Nosadella (Giovanni Francesco Bezzi) — Kneeling Bearded Old 
Annibale Carracci — Triton Sounding a Conch Shell
Bartolomeo Ammanati (Ammannati) — A River God (recto); Sketc
Annibale Carracci — Crawling Male Figure (Study for Cacus)
Francesco Salviati (Francesco de' Rossi) — Seated Nude Youth
Jean-Baptiste Deshays — Half Figure of a Man, Nude to the Wa
