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Drawing 4 (bottom right): Cornice once in the House of the Ciampolini
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Reference number
SM volume 115/105d
Purpose
Drawing 4 (bottom right): Cornice once in the House of the Ciampolini
Aspect
Perspectival elevation of a corner, with measurements
Scale
To an approximate scale of 1:6
Inscribed
In domo. Canpolinis (‘In the House of the Ciampolini’)
Signed and dated
- c.1513/14
Datable to c.1513/14
Medium and dimensions
Pen and brown ink and grey-brown wash over black chalk and stylus lines
Hand
Bernardo della Volpaia
Notes
This cornice of unknown origin is recorded in two other early drawings, one a frontal depiction by an associate of Giuliano da Sangallo and the other by an architect from the circle of Antonio Labacco which also shows the underside of the corona. Both agree with the Coner drawing in recording the cornice as being in the house of Giovanni Ciampolini, which was located near the Portico of Octavia (see Fusco–Corti 1991; Bober–Rubinstein 1986, p. 473).
The drawing has the standard format used in the Codex Coner for the representation of corners, as do the two others of cornices on the sheet. It is grouped with them on the sheet presumably because of their similarity in lacking modillions.
OTHER IMAGES MENTIONED: [Circle of Giuliano da Sangallo] Florence, GDSU, 2044 Av (Bartoli 1914–22, 6, p. 31; [Circle of Antonio Labacco] Cambridge (Mass.), Fogg Museum, Inv. 1932.271, fol. 20r (Burns 1984, p. 414)
The drawing has the standard format used in the Codex Coner for the representation of corners, as do the two others of cornices on the sheet. It is grouped with them on the sheet presumably because of their similarity in lacking modillions.
OTHER IMAGES MENTIONED: [Circle of Giuliano da Sangallo] Florence, GDSU, 2044 Av (Bartoli 1914–22, 6, p. 31; [Circle of Antonio Labacco] Cambridge (Mass.), Fogg Museum, Inv. 1932.271, fol. 20r (Burns 1984, p. 414)
Literature
Ashby 1904, p. 52
Günther 1988, p. 338
Census, ID 45487
Günther 1988, p. 338
Census, ID 45487
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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