The Skeletons, a group of emaciated men and women gathered around a skeleton laid on the ground and a figure of Death as a winged skeleton standing above it holding an open book

Marco Dente Italian

After Baccio Bandinelli Italian

1515–27

Not on view

Artwork Details

Title: The Skeletons, a group of emaciated men and women gathered around a skeleton laid on the ground and a figure of Death as a winged skeleton standing above it holding an open book
Artist: Marco Dente (Italian, Ravenna, active by 1515–died 1527 Rome)
Artist: After Baccio Bandinelli (Italian, Gaiole in Chianti 1493–1560 Florence)
Date: 1515–27
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 11 5/16 × 17 1/4 in. (28.8 × 43.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
Object Number: 17.50.19-144
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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