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Two grey drawings of human skulls on a grey mount: a side view at top and a frontal view below labelled as the skull of the painter Raphael.

Skull of the painter Raphael, frontal view

Two monochrome drawings on a pale grey mount show human skulls: a side view above and a frontal view below. The lower skull, labelled as the painter Raphael with dates 1483–1520, shows shaded eye sockets, nasal cavity and teeth against a plain background.

Artist
Godefroy Engelmann the Elder
Date
[1835?]
Medium
Lithographs
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3223 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1845.
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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