Sketches for a Wall Tomb with Skeletons
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Artist bio: Italian, Naples 1598–1680 Rome
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: 1630–40
Medium: Pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk (recto); black chalk (verso)
Dimensions: 11-1/2 x 8-13/16 in. (29.2 x 22.4 cm) maximum; irregular borders
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Edward Pearce Casey Fund and The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1998
Accession year: 1998
Tags: Skeletons