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Drawing 3 (centre right): Elaborate Doric capital seen near Santa Maria in Via Lata
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Reference number
SM volume 115/120c
Purpose
Drawing 3 (centre right): Elaborate Doric capital seen near Santa Maria in Via Lata
Aspect
Cross section and raking view of side, with measurements
Scale
To an approximate scale of 1:8
Inscribed
apud. S./ maria [m]/ in uia/ lata (‘Near Santa Maria in Via Lata’)
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, traces of black chalk and compass pricks
Hand
Bernardo della Volpaia
Notes
The capital depicted here, seen near the church of Santa Maria in Via Lata, is smaller but otherwise identical to the one shown above it in a similar format (Drawing 1), with one of the two drawings being copied in modified form by Michelangelo.
RELATED IMAGES: [Michelangelo] London, BM, 1859-6-25-560/1v (De Tolnay 1975–80, 4, pp. 47–48; Agosti–Farinella 1987, pp. 94–95)
RELATED IMAGES: [Michelangelo] London, BM, 1859-6-25-560/1v (De Tolnay 1975–80, 4, pp. 47–48; Agosti–Farinella 1987, pp. 94–95)
Literature
Ashby 1904, p. 60
Census, ID 45863
Census, ID 45863
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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