Skeleton of a Rabbit

1620-1621

Teodoro Filippo di Liagno, called Napoletano

Associated Names
Teodoro Filippo di Liagno

Artist, Italian, 1589 - 1629

This is a drawing of a skeleton of a rabbit. The drawing depicts the skeletal structure of a rabbit in a detailed side view. The skeleton is shown in a standing posture, with elongated limbs and a curved spine, illustrating the distinctive skeletal features of a rabbit. The ribs, vertebrae, and skull are finely delineated. To the right of the skeleton, there are illustrations of small flowers and leaves. There is also a Latin inscription above the skeleton. The line work is precise and clean.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Funds from Virginia Mars

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14.3 × 8.6 cm (5 5/8 × 3 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 17.4 × 11.4 cm (6 7/8 × 4 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.5.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Chiarini, no. 422

  • 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. 422.

Inscriptions

in plate, at top: Vivus ut effossis latitare CUNICULUS antris / Sic voluit moriens nostra[e], habitare domi; in plate, at lower left: Coniglio; bottom right corner of sheet, in pen and ink by a later hand: 17

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