To an approximate scale of 1:10

[Measurements]

• c.1513/14
  Datable to c.1513/14

Pen and brown ink and grey-brown wash over stylus lines and compass pricks

Bernardo della Volpaia

Identified by Ashby, this pedestal comes from the third storey of the Cortile del Belvedere’s lowest terrace (cf. Letarouilly (1963, 2–3, p. 132). It is also seen on the elevation, represented twice earlier on in the codex (Fols 27r and 28r), and on this sheet it is depicted next to the pedestals of the Doric and Ionic storeys, a position suggesting a continuing sequence up through the orders. According to Sebastiano Serlio (1619, 3, fol. 118v), the pilasters of this third level were going to be Corinthian, although they are only partially depicted in the codex’s earlier elevational drawings (Fols 27r and 28r) and in Serlio’s corresponding illustration.

The bottom of 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 IMAGES MENTIONED: Serlio 1619, 3, fol. 119r

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 1–3 on this page); Fol. 72r/Ashby 122

Ashby 1904, p. 57
Ackerman 1954, p. 196
Günther 1988, p. 337

Drawing

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