The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Pyramid of Five Men
about 1450s-60s
(French, 1505–1559)
Sheet: 29 x 21.7 cm (11 7/16 x 8 9/16 in.); Platemark: 27.8 x 20.7 cm (10 15/16 x 8 1/8 in.)
Alma Kroeger Fund 2007.167
Catalogue raisonné: Zerner J.5
Location: not on view
Description
Although almost nothing is known about Juste de Juste, he was probably among a circle of artists working at Fontainebleau in France in the 1540s. This eccentric composition seems to reference the twisting, turning, and balancing bodies found on the Sistine Chapel ceiling as well as the muscular nude body types associated with Michelangelo. However, the composition itself is a unique invention not derived from any specific part of the ceiling or indeed from life studies.- [Paul Prouté, Paris], Samuel Josefowitz, Lausanne, Switzerland and Whitchurch-on-Thames, England
- Master/Apprentice: Imitation and Inspiration in the Renaissance. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 13, 2019-February 23, 2020).
- {{cite web|title=Pyramid of Five Men|url=false|author=Juste de Juste|year=about 1450s-60s|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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