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Drawing 2: Column shaft in the Lateran Baptistery
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Reference number
SM volume 115/68b
Purpose
Drawing 2: Column shaft in the Lateran Baptistery
Aspect
Perspectival elevation, with measurements
Scale
To an approximate scale of 1:17
Inscribed
.S. iouan[n]is. in. fo[n]tis. (‘San Giovanni in Fonte’], [measurements]
Signed and dated
- c.1513/14
Datable to c.1513/14
Medium and dimensions
Pen and brown ink and grey-brown wash
Hand
Bernardo della Volpaia
Notes
This monolithic shaft which is fluted has its location given as San Giovanni in Fonte, which is an alternative name for the Lateran Baptistry. It is again carefully measured but, at 5 braccia and 6 minutes (2.97m) in height, it is a little shorter than the one to the left. No such shaft can be found in the baptistery today.
Literature
Ashby 1904, p. 39
Census, ID 44823
Census, ID 44823
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Codex Coner has been made possible through the generosity of the Census of Antique Works of Art and Architecture Known in the Renaissance, Berlin.
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