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
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Marco Dente|Baccio Bandinelli|Antonio Salamanca
Artist bio: Italian, Ravenna, active by 1515–died 1527 Rome|Italian, Gaiole in Chianti 1493–1560 Florence|Salamanca 1478–1562 Rome
Artist role: Artist|Artist|Publisher
Artist nationality: Italian|Italian|Italian (born Spain)
Date: 1515–27
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 11 1/4 × 17 1/8 in. (28.5 × 43.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. John H. Sichel, 1966
Accession year: 1966
Tags: Books|Skeletons|Male Nudes|Women|Death