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Birth and Family in the Italian Renaissance | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

... the deep regard in which children were held. The cradle depicted on a wood childbirth platter from the circle of Battista Franco holds a large infant labeled on the front, in gold, HERCULES , who is unmistakable as he strangles the serpents sent by ...

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Etching and engraving, second state before retouches and inscription but with "Franco forma" sheet: 14 1/2 x 20 3/16 in. (36.8 x 51.3 cm) trimmed to platemark

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926 (26.70.3(220))

Lower R.: "B.F.V.F."/"Franco forma"

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Special Exhibitions - Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640): The Drawings

... identified in the Anointing. The general composition, for example, is based on a print by the Venetian artist Giovanni Battista Franco (ca. 1498–1561). During his stay in Italy Rubens tried color in his drawings, apparently for the first time. The ...

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