Skeleton Hanging from a Tree in a Landscape

Paul Bril Netherlandish

late 16th–early 17th century

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Title: Skeleton Hanging from a Tree in a Landscape
Artist: Paul Bril (Netherlandish, Breda (?) 1553/54–1626 Rome)
Date: late 16th–early 17th century
Medium: Pen and brown ink, with brush and grayish-brown wash, over black chalk
Dimensions: sheet: 7 1/2 x 10 3/4 in. (19 x 27.3 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2003
Object Number: 2003.322
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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