Skeleton of a Camel

1620-1621

Teodoro Filippo di Liagno, called Napoletano

Associated Names
Teodoro Filippo di Liagno

Artist, Italian, 1589 - 1629

This is a drawing of a camel skeleton. The drawing depicts the full skeleton of a camel with detailed bones including the curved spine, rib cage, and elongated legs. The skull is prominently featured with the eye sockets and nasal cavity clearly detailed. An inscription in Latin is above the image. The background is plain and the ground is simply drawn. The style is reminiscent of historical anatomical studies focusing on accuracy and educational purposes.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Funds from Virginia Mars

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14.6 × 9.4 cm (5 3/4 × 3 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 17.4 × 11.4 cm (6 7/8 × 4 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.5.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Chiarini, no. 419

  • Series Title

    Animal Skeletons

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Hill-Stone, Inc., South Dartmouth, MA); NGA purchase, 2023.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2025

  • Little Beasts: Art Wonder and the Natural World, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2025.

Bibliography

2007

  • Chiarini, Marco. Teodoro Filippo di Liagno detto Filippo Napoletano, 1589-1629: Vite e opere. Florence: Centro Di, 2007, no. 419

Inscriptions

in plate, at top: Haec tibi post multos gibbose CAMELE labores / Et sitis atq[ue] famis grata datur requies; in plate, at bottom center: Camello; in plate, at bottom right: F; bottom right corner, in pen and ink by a later hand: 19

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