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| Battista Franco Hercules with seated Captive before 1561 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Battista Franco Arms of the Medici quartered with those of Austria 1536 drawing (study for marriage festival decoration) Musée du Louvre |
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| Battista Franco Study for Battle of Greeks and Trojans ca. 1544-51 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Battista Franco Youth leaning over a Balustrade before 1561 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Battista Franco Figure Study before 1561 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Battista Franco The Lamentation ca. 1540 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Battista Franco Studies for Saints in Niches above Frieze ca. 1547-50 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Battista Franco Study for an Allegory before 1561 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Battista Franco Study for Lazarus ca. 1560 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Battista Franco Study for Cronos ca. 1558-59 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Battista Franco Half-Length Figure Study before 1561 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Battista Franco after Michelangelo Figure of Night from Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici ca. 1536 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Battista Franco after Michelangelo Figure of Day from Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici ca. 1536 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Battista Franco after Michelangelo Figure of Day from Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici ca. 1536 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Battista Franco after Michelangelo Figure of Day from Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici ca. 1536 drawing Musée du Louvre |
"Although born in Venice, Franco was in Rome by the time he was twenty. There he made drawings after the Antique treasures that filled the city, but he also fell under the spell of Michelangelo and made numerous drawings after the master's work. In addition to being a fine draughtsman, Franco was also an accomplished painter and printmaker. He often produced prints of his own designs using either etching or engraving, or sometimes a combination of both. Much of his career was spent in Rome and Urbino, but around 1552 he returned to Venice where he lived for the last decade of his life."
– from curator's notes at the National Gallery of Scotland