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Drawing 5 (right column, top): Ionic capital from Tivoli
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Reference number
SM volume 115/148e
Purpose
Drawing 5 (right column, top): Ionic capital from Tivoli
Aspect
Perspectival view, with measurements
Scale
To an approximate scale of 1:10
Inscribed
.in. tibure. (‘At Tivoli’); [measurements]
Signed and dated
- c.1513/14
Datable to c.1513/14
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 richly ornamented Ionic capital with a tall, fluted neck was seen, as the caption indicates, at Tivoli, but no other depictions of it are known. The type with a tall and fluted neck would be particularly favoured by Michele Sanmicheli (see Davies–Hemsoll 2004, pp. 308–10). The drawing is sized and neatly positioned on the page to align with those to the left and above, and it is closely allied with them in format and style, suggesting it was likewise executed around 1515 (see Cat. Drawing 1). The annotation is in the same handwriting as all others in the codex.
Literature
Ashby 1904, p. 71
Census, ID 47043
Census, ID 47043
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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