Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Naples 1598-1680 Rome) Design for a funerary medallion with Death standing by a sarcophagus inscribed by the artist in pen and ink 'La presente figura sarebbe di marmo biancho tutto, agguisa duna / medaglia di bassisimo rilievo .. perché sarebbe piu eterno / e di questa opera . le figure averà che fossero grande / quanto il naturale' black chalk, pen and brown ink, watermark anchor in a circle 8 ½ x 7 7/8 in. (21.4 x 19.8 cm) Provenance with Marcello Aldega and Margot Gordon, New York and Rome ( Italian Drawings XVI to XVIII Century , 1988, no. 23).
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Naples 1598-1680 Rome) Design for a funerary medallion with Death standing by a sarcophagus inscribed by the artist in pen and ink 'La presente figura sarebbe di marmo biancho tutto, agguisa duna / medaglia di bassisimo rilievo .. perché sarebbe piu eterno / e di questa opera . le figure averà che fossero grande / quanto il naturale' black chalk, pen and brown ink, watermark anchor in a circle 8 ½ x 7 7/8 in. (21.4 x 19.8 cm) Provenance with Marcello Aldega and Margot Gordon, New York and Rome ( Italian Drawings XVI to XVIII Century , 1988, no. 23).
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