Aspertini sketch-book (so-called london i): 48th opening
left (1898,1123. 3(47) verso) and right-hand page (1898,1123. 3(48) recto) with five drunken putti; five figures, three of them in classical military costume; torso of a marble cuirass statue (left-hand page); elevation of the upper part of bramante's palace for raphael (casa di raffaello); statue of pan; and a recumbent nude man (right-hand page) c. 1535
pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white, over black chalk, on vellum prepared with a light green (left) and brown (right) wash. Date: between 1532 and 1535. Dimensions: Height: 248 mm; Width: 184 mm (each page). Medium: wool. Collection: British Museum. Drawing, sketch-book (BM 1898,1123.3.47)
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