Drawing, sketch-book, Amico Aspertini, between 1532 and 1535

Aspertini sketch-book (so-called london i): 4th opening left (1898,1123. 3(4) verso) and right-hand page (1898,1123. 3(5) recto) with scythians leading orestes (top left); pylades supporting the unconscious orestes; at the right scythian guards leading orestes and pylades before iphigenia at the shrine of diana; below (left and right) a bacchic orgy with a female satyr by a herm (left) and the drunken silenus and other figures (right) c. 1535 pen and brown ink, grey wash, small touches of white heightening, on vellum prepared with a green wash. Date: between 1532 and 1535. Dimensions: Height: 248 mm; Width: 184 mm (each page). Medium: wool. Collection: British Museum. Drawing, sketch-book (BM 1898,1123.3.4)