Spectators Amazed

Battista Franco, early 1540s

The image shows multiple figures in various poses, with details such as clothing folds and hair differences. The figures are placed against a plain background, with a sense of movement or instruction implied by their… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Battista Franco ¹
Date: early 1540s ¹
Medium: pen and brown ink over red, and black chalk on laid paper (laid on late eighteenth-century mount) ¹
Original: 5,184 × 5,760 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Andrew W. Mellon Fund

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