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Drawing 3 (right): Column base seen in San Marco
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Reference number
SM volume 115/133c
Purpose
Drawing 3 (right): Column base seen in San Marco
Aspect
Partial section with perspectival view, and measurements
Scale
To an approximate scale of 1:6
Inscribed
ad. S. marcum/ .cum. canalibus. 24 (‘At San Marco with 24 flutes); [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
Hand
Bernardo della Volpaia
Notes
This drawing of a base of a fluted column, seen as the caption states in the church of San Marco, is of similar format to the others on the page (see Drawing 1). Ashby noted that the base came from a ‘considerable building’, a conclusion deriving from the fact that the plinth had a width of 2 braccia 53 minutes, equivalent to 1.68 metres, which is even larger than the two sizable bases recorded on subsequent pages (Fol. 80r/Ashby 134 Drawing 2 and Fol. 82r/Ashby 136 Drawing 2) and suggests that it came from a building with columns over 40 Roman feet tall. Where such a large base was located in the church is unclear, as is where it originated from, although it could perhaps have come from the Temple of Trajan which once stood in this vicinity. The noted number of flutes – twenty-four – again accords with the Vitruvian theoretical norm.
Literature
Ashby 1904, p. 66
Census, ID 46863
Census, ID 46863
Level
Drawing
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