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Etching of an artists' academy with a skeleton, plaster casts, a body on a table at back, and figures drawing on a tiled floor.

A Roman academy of artists. Etching after Pier-Francesco Alberti, 16--.

An engraved academy scene in a high-ceilinged Roman studio, with plaster casts, a hanging skeleton, and a draped body on a table at the back. Robed and bare-chested figures draw, study and gather around a central standing figure in a tiled room lined with sculpted heads and framed pictures.

Artist
Pietro Francesco Alberti
Date
1604-1621
Medium
Etchings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3322 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1621.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Academia romana de artistas, grabado tras Pier-Francesco Alberti

Escena grabada de una academia en un estudio romano de techo alto, con vaciados de yeso, un esqueleto colgado y un cuerpo cubierto sobre una mesa al fondo. Figuras con túnica y otras con el torso desnudo dibujan, estudian y se reúnen alrededor de una figura central de pie en una sala de baldosas llena de cabezas escultóricas y cuadros enmarcados.

Português: Academia romana de artistas, gravura após Pier-Francesco Alberti

Cena gravada de uma academia em um ateliê romano de teto alto, com moldes de gesso, um esqueleto pendurado e um corpo coberto sobre uma mesa ao fundo. Figuras de túnica e outras com o torso nu desenham, estudam e se reúnem em torno de uma figura central de pé, em uma sala de ladrilhos repleta de cabeças esculpidas e quadros emoldurados.

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