An Allegory of Life and Death (study)
Battista Franco, 1498–1561
One of 5 drawings donated by Sir Kenneth Clark to the Ashmolean in 1937. Kenneth Clark was Keeper of Fine Arts at the Ashmolean from 1931-33. He went on to become the youngest person to be appointed as director of the National Gallery where he remained until after the Second World War in 1945.
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Title of artwork, date
An Allegory of Life and Death (study), 1498–1561
Date supported
1937
Medium and material
Pen & ink
Dimensions
20 cm
Gifted by
Sir Kenneth Clark
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