Lot Essay
Copied from a plate in Andrea Vesalius' De humani corporis fabrica, Basel, 1543
Details
Italian School, circa 1600
A Skeleton contemplating a Skull
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, watermark encircled bird
360 x 230mm.
A Skeleton contemplating a Skull
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, watermark encircled bird
360 x 230mm.
Provenance
Sagredo- Borghese, with inscription 'D.T. n:o 8' on the backing