A Winged Skeleton Holding an Anatomical Drawing
1779
Artist, French, 1738 - 1803

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and engraving on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 35.2 × 25.1 cm (13 7/8 × 9 7/8 in.)
sheet: 52.7 × 39.9 cm (20 3/4 × 15 11/16 in.) -
Accession
2013.170.5
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Catalogue Raisonné
IFF (1700): no. 2
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Andrew Edmunds, London); purchased 2013 by NGA.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1930
IFF (1800): no. 2
Inscriptions
lower right in plate: permis d'imprimer / l'artique gugemage(?)
Watermarks
DANNOMAI(?) / 1777(?)
Wikidata ID
Q77005336