A Partially Skinned Rat

Italian 16th/17th Century, possibly Florentine or Roman, late 16th or early 17th century

The image depicts a creature with an elongated body, thin limbs, and a long tail. The creature is shown in profile, displaying its spine and rib cage. The head of the creature resembles a skull, with large eye… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Italian 16th/17th Century, possibly Florentine or Roman ¹
Date: late 16th or early 17th century ¹
Medium: two shades of red chalk with traces of black chalk on laid paper ¹
Original: 4,485 × 3,106 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

Object record, National Gallery of Art

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