Aspertini sketch-book (so-called london i): 19th opening
left (1898,1123. 3(19) verso) and right-hand page (1898,1123. 3(20) recto) with seated figure, five deeds of hercules (upper part of opening); dead niobid (lower left); and nude figure of an old man reclining (lower right) c. 1535
pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk, on vellum. Date: between 1532 and 1535. Dimensions: Height: 248 mm; Width: 184 mm (each page). Medium: wool. Depicted People: Herakles/Hercules. Collection: British Museum. Drawing, sketch-book (BM 1898,1123.3.19)
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