Etching of an artists' academy with a skeleton, plaster casts, a body on a table at back, and figures drawing on a tiled floor.

A Roman academy of artists, etching after Pier-Francesco Alberti

An engraved academy scene in a high-ceilinged Roman studio, with plaster casts, a hanging skeleton, and a draped body on a table at the back. Robed and bare-chested figures draw, study and gather around a central standing figure in a tiled room lined with sculpted heads and framed pictures.

Artist: Pietro Francesco Alberti
Date: 1604-1621
Medium: Etchings
Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 4000 × 3322 px

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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1621.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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A Roman academy of artists, etching after Pier-Francesco Alberti

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