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Drawing 6 (third row, left): Unidentified fantastical capital with sea serpents
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Reference number
SM volume 115/138f
Purpose
Drawing 6 (third row, left): Unidentified fantastical capital with sea serpents
Aspect
Perspectival view of half
Scale
Not known
Signed and dated
- c.1515
Datable to c.1515
Medium and dimensions
Pen and brown ink over black chalk
Hand
Bernardo della Volpaia
Notes
The capital has two levels divided by a rope moulding, with acanthus at the bottom and sea serpents (one shown) at the top to either side of a mask. The same capital was recorded in a probably related drawing by the anonymous draughtsman responsible for the Codex Strozzi, who also supplied a profile. The Coner drawing was later copied by Michelangelo.
The drawing is close in character to others on this sheet, and different from other drawings of capitals in the codex, which again suggests a slightly later date of execution.
RELATED IMAGES: [Anon.] Florence, GDSU, Codex Strozzi, 1601 Av (Bartoli 1914–22, 6, p. 27); [Michelangelo] Florence, CB, 1Av: right side (De Tolnay 1975–80, 4, p. 49; Agosti–Farinella 1987, pp. 90–91)
The drawing is close in character to others on this sheet, and different from other drawings of capitals in the codex, which again suggests a slightly later date of execution.
RELATED IMAGES: [Anon.] Florence, GDSU, Codex Strozzi, 1601 Av (Bartoli 1914–22, 6, p. 27); [Michelangelo] Florence, CB, 1Av: right side (De Tolnay 1975–80, 4, p. 49; Agosti–Farinella 1987, pp. 90–91)
Literature
Ashby 1904, p. 68
Census, ID 46988
Census, ID 46988
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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