The Skeletons

c. 1518

Marco Dente

Artist, Italian, c. 1493 - 1527

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 28 x 42.7 cm (11 x 16 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2012.56.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 425

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

[P. & D. Colnaghi, London, by 1970]. [Christopher Mendez, London]; purchased 2012 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821, no. 425.

Inscriptions

upper left in plate [on wall]: R; by later hand, verso lower left, in graphite: marco da Ravena / Dú Skelette / nach B. Bandinelli / B. 425; by later hand, verso lower right, in graphite: c. 36477 / 33 [circled]; by later hand, verso lower right, in graphite: Ko / I, A

Watermarks

anchor in a circle

Wikidata ID

Q76560911

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