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Drawing 2 (centre): Pedestal and pilaster base from the second storey of the Cortile del Belvedere’s lowest terrace
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Reference number
SM volume 115/117b
Purpose
Drawing 2 (centre): Pedestal and pilaster base from the second storey of the Cortile del Belvedere’s lowest terrace
Aspect
Cross section and raking view, with measurements
Scale
To an approximate scale of 1:10
Inscribed
[Measurements]
Signed and dated
- c.1513/14
Datable to c.1513/14
Medium and dimensions
Pen and brown ink and grey-brown wash over stylus lines and compass pricks
Hand
Bernardo della Volpaia
Notes
Although the drawing lacks an identifying caption, its subject was recognised by Ashby as the pedestal and pilaster base of the Ionic middle storey of the Cortile del Belvedere’s lowest terrace. The pedestal and pilaster base are also shown on the two elevational drawings of this terrace (Fols 27r and 28r), the second of these confirming that the base was of a single-torus design (cf. Letarouilly 1963, 2–3, p. 132). The drawing complements the other two pedestals shown on the sheet belonging to the ground and third storeys, all being drawn in a very similar manner (see Drawing 1).
The profile in this drawing was copied by Michelangelo.
RELATED IMAGES: [Michelangelo] Florence, CB, 1Av: right side (De Tolnay 1975–80, 4, p. 49; Agosti–Farinella 1987, pp. 90–91)
OTHER DRAWINGS IN CODEX CONER OF SAME SUBJECT: Fol. 15r/Ashby 25; Fol. 27r/Ashby 43; Fol. 27v/Ashby 44; Fol. 28r/Ashby 45; Fol. 28v/Ashby 46; Fol. 46v/Ashby 78; Fol. 53v/Ashby 92; Fol. 54r/Ashby 93; Fol. 68r/Ashby 116; Fol. 69r/Ashby 117 (Drawings 1 and 3–4 on this page); Fol. 72r/Ashby 122
The profile in this drawing was copied by Michelangelo.
RELATED IMAGES: [Michelangelo] Florence, CB, 1Av: right side (De Tolnay 1975–80, 4, p. 49; Agosti–Farinella 1987, pp. 90–91)
OTHER DRAWINGS IN CODEX CONER OF SAME SUBJECT: Fol. 15r/Ashby 25; Fol. 27r/Ashby 43; Fol. 27v/Ashby 44; Fol. 28r/Ashby 45; Fol. 28v/Ashby 46; Fol. 46v/Ashby 78; Fol. 53v/Ashby 92; Fol. 54r/Ashby 93; Fol. 68r/Ashby 116; Fol. 69r/Ashby 117 (Drawings 1 and 3–4 on this page); Fol. 72r/Ashby 122
Literature
Ashby 1904, p. 57
Ackerman 1954, p. 196
Günther 1988, p. 337
Ackerman 1954, p. 196
Günther 1988, p. 337
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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