Sketches for a Wall Tomb with Skeletons
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
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
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Edward Pearce Casey Fund and The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1998
Accession Number
1998.33a, b
Tags
Skeletons
About the Artist
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Italian sculptor, architect, painter, and designer who is considered to be the supreme artist of the Italian Baroque. His important patrons included the Barberini and Borghese families. Italian architect. Comment on works: sculptor