Torsos with Rib Cages

Title	Torsos with Rib Cages
Artist	Battista Franco (Italian, c. 1510–1561)
Date	early 1540s
Medium	pen and brown ink with incised lines
Classification	Drawing
Origin	Italy, 16th century

Themes: Anatomical illustration Historical scientific diagrams

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“Torsos with Rib Cages” is a work by Battista Franco (Italian, c. 1510–1561), dated early 1540s. It is executed in pen and brown ink with incised lines and classified as drawing. In this archive it sits within the anatomical illustration, historical scientific diagrams tradition. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).

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Rights: Public domain (CC0).

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