Album 2
arrow left swipe to the left Visible reflectance photograph Verso of the fifteenth sheet, Album 2 activate zoom zoom tool
Leaf 15 verso activate zoom zoom tool
Visible reflectance photograph Head and forelegs of a galloping horse, fragment with lion head activate zoom zoom tool arrow right swipe to the right
activate zoom zoom tool Leaf 16

Works on this double page

  • Visible reflectance photograph Red chalk drawing of a fragment of a sarcophagus with a lion's head from the Villa Albani
  • Visible reflectance photograph Profile view of a seated male figure with kithara drawn with black chalk
  • Visible reflectance photograph Black chalk drawing of a standing male figure in side view
  • Visible reflectance photograph Black chalk drawing of a Roman soldier with lance in frontal view
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Album 2, Leaf 16

Again and again we see the workshop making best possible use of available paper, by filling in any blank spaces with additional, often unrelated figures or figure groups. The practice visible in the upper drawing on this album leaf, however, is puzzling and leaves many questions unanswered. In this case three separate papers were joined together to form one sheet of drawing paper. What might have been the reason for this unusual practice?

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