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BATTISTA FRANCO (1510-1561)
Vanitas
etching, circa 1530-60, on laid paper, without watermark, a good but slightly later impression of this very rare print, published by Nicolò Nelli, Venice, 1563, with narrow margins, trimmed on the platemark in places, the sheet laid down onto onto an 18th century album sheet, in very good condition
Plate 120 x 342 mm., Sheet 126 x 343 mm.

References:
Bartsch XVI. 155. 4.
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This is one of the most drastic and laconic Vanitas images or reminders of mortality in the sale: simply a pile of human skulls, as one would see them in an ossuary.

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