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Drawing 1 (top row, left): Unidentified Corinthian capital
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Reference number
SM volume 115/138a
Purpose
Drawing 1 (top row, left): Unidentified Corinthian capital
Aspect
Perspectival view
Scale
Not known
Signed and dated
- c.1515
Datable to c.1515
Medium and dimensions
Pen and brown ink over black chalk with single vertical stylus line at centre
Hand
Bernardo della Volpaia
Notes
This Corinthian capital has three acanthus leaves at the bottom with two elongated leaves rising at the sides to form corner volutes, the space between them adorned with four tendrils culminating in florets. No other drawing of this capital is known. In its manner of presentation, the drawing has much in common with certain depictions, as Ashby noted, by Giuliano da Sangallo in his Codex Barberini, that are probably considerably earlier in date. Its frontal format and less precise draughtsmanship also suggest that it was executed slightly later (c.1515) than other drawings in the codex.
OTHER IMAGES MENTIONED: [Giuliano da Sangallo] Rome, BAV, Barb. lat. 4424 (Codex Barberini), fols 10v–11r (Hülsen 1910, pp. 19–21; Borsi 1985, pp. 87–91)
OTHER IMAGES MENTIONED: [Giuliano da Sangallo] Rome, BAV, Barb. lat. 4424 (Codex Barberini), fols 10v–11r (Hülsen 1910, pp. 19–21; Borsi 1985, pp. 87–91)
Literature
Ashby 1904, p. 68
Census, ID 46976
Census, ID 46976
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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