Lot 29: Ambrogio Figino Milan 1548 - 1608 , a sheet of studies of human skeletons: arms and skulls black chalk

black chalk

measurements note 343 by 234mm

Other anatomical studies by Figino are known, generally pages from albums. The largest corpus is in the Gallerie dell' Accademia in Venice where many anatomical studies with a Bossi-Celotti provenance are preserved.υ1 Occasionally, Figino combines anatomical observations with figure studies see, for instance, a page from the Bossiano Album in the Gallerie dell'Accademia.υ2 1. See Annalisa Perissa Torrini, Disegni del Figino, exhibition catalogue, Venice, Gallerie dell' Accademia, 1987, nos. 3-15 2. Inv.no. BV.1517, Roberto Paolo Ciardi, Giovan Ambrogio Figino, Florence 1968, p. 163, no. 88, p. 264, reproduced