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Drawing 3 (left column, third from top): Ionic capital possibly one in Santi Apostoli
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Reference number
SM volume 115/148c
Purpose
Drawing 3 (left column, third from top): Ionic capital possibly one in Santi Apostoli
Aspect
Perspectival view, with measurements
Scale
To an approximate scale of 1:11
Inscribed
[Measurements]
Signed and dated
- c.1515
Datable to c. 1515
Medium and dimensions
Pen and brown ink and grey-brown wash over black chalk and a single vertical stylus line at centre
Hand
Bernardo della Volpaia
Notes
This Ionic capital has a tall neck decorated with anthemion, and it is shown from the side in the drawing below it (Drawing 4). A very similar capital appears in a slightly earlier drawing in the Codex Strozzi, which is likewise paired with a side view, and is accompanied by an annotation giving its location as Santi Apostoli, and it could well be that it is the same capital and that the drawings are related. Other early drawings (see Viscogliosi 2000, p. 156) include depictions by Antonio da Sangallo the Elder and an anonymous draughtsman (this again with a side view) which give the same location but show the abacus with an ornamented cyma. Among surviving ancient examples of this particular type is one in the Museo Gregoriano Profano of the Vatican Museums (Viscogliosi 2000, ibid.).
The drawing is very similar in style and format to others on this sheet and like them it probably dates from around 1515 (see Cat. Drawing 1). It was copied by Michelangelo.
RELATED IMAGES: [Anon.] Florence, GDSU, Codex Strozzi, 1598 Ar (Bartoli 1914–22, 6, p. 28); [Michelangelo] Florence, CB, 1Ar: left side (De Tolnay 1975–80, 4, p. 49; Agosti–Farinella 1987, pp. 92–93)
OTHER IMAGES MENTIONED: [Antonio da Sangallo the Elder] Florence, Biblioteca Marucelliana, Vol. B, fol. 192r (Brunetti–Todros 1990, p. 19); [Anon.] Florence, BNC, inv. II.I.429, fol. 14r (Günther 1988, p. 335)
The drawing is very similar in style and format to others on this sheet and like them it probably dates from around 1515 (see Cat. Drawing 1). It was copied by Michelangelo.
RELATED IMAGES: [Anon.] Florence, GDSU, Codex Strozzi, 1598 Ar (Bartoli 1914–22, 6, p. 28); [Michelangelo] Florence, CB, 1Ar: left side (De Tolnay 1975–80, 4, p. 49; Agosti–Farinella 1987, pp. 92–93)
OTHER IMAGES MENTIONED: [Antonio da Sangallo the Elder] Florence, Biblioteca Marucelliana, Vol. B, fol. 192r (Brunetti–Todros 1990, p. 19); [Anon.] Florence, BNC, inv. II.I.429, fol. 14r (Günther 1988, p. 335)
Literature
Ashby 1904, p. 71
Census, ID 47047
Census, ID 47047
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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