Sketches for a Wall Tomb with Skeletons

Provenance

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Artist: Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, Naples 1598–1680 Rome)
Date: 1630–40
Medium: Pen and brown ink over black chalk (recto); black chalk (verso)
Dimensions: 11-1/2 x 8-13/16 in. (29.2 x 22.4 cm) maximum; irregular borders
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Edward Pearce Casey Fund and The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1998
Accession no.: 1998.33a, b

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Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.