The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 28, 2024

Three Male Nudes

Three Male Nudes

1525–50
(Italian, 1486–1551)
Sheet: 21.7 x 41 cm (8 9/16 x 16 1/8 in.); Platemark: 20.8 x 40.5 cm (8 3/16 x 15 15/16 in.)
Location: not on view

Description

Domenico Beccafumi was a Mannerist painter and sculptor who completed several religious and civic commissions in his home town of Siena. An experimental printmaker, Beccafumi made a chiaroscuro print, mixing engraving and woodcut on the same sheet. This print is a rare impression of the engraved plate alone.
  • DeGrazia, Diane and Carter E. Foster. Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with Rizzoli International Publications, New York, 2000. Mentioned: p. 8, pp. 36-37, p. 284; Reproduced: p. 37
    Takahatake, Naoko, et al. The Chiaroscuro Woodcut in Renaissance Italy. Los Angeles : Los Angeles County Museum of Art ; Munich ; New York : DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2018. Reproduced and mentioned: pp. 168-171, cat. 67
  • The Chiaroscuro Woodcut in Renaissance Italy. Los Angeles County Museum of Art (organizer) (June 3-September 16, 2018); National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (October 14, 2018-January 20, 2019).
    Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (6/3/2018-9/16/2018) and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (10/14/2018-1/20/2019): "The Chiaroscuro Woodcut in Renaissance Italy"
    Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 3-October 26, 1997).
    Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/3/97 - 10/26/97. "Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620."
    Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 16, 1986-March 1, 1987).
    The Draftsman's Eye: Late Italian Renaissance Schools and Styles. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 6-April 22, 1979).
    Visions & Revisions. Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI (October 18-November 24, 1968).
  • {{cite web|title=Three Male Nudes|url=false|author=Domenico Beccafumi|year=1525–50|access-date=28 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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