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Drawing 6 (right column, second from top): Ionic capital seen in San Paolo fuori le Mura
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Reference number
SM volume 115/148f
Purpose
Drawing 6 (right column, second from top): Ionic capital seen in San Paolo fuori le Mura
Aspect
Perspectival view, with measurements
Scale
To an approximate scale of 1:9
Inscribed
.a. S. paolo. (‘At San Paolo’) [measurements]
Signed and dated
- c.1513/14
Datable to c.1515
Medium and dimensions
Pen and brown ink over black chalk and a single vertical stylus line at centre
Hand
Bernardo della Volpaia
Notes
This ancient Ionic capital, seen as the caption states at San Paolo fuori le Mura, has a tall neck decorated with attenuated leaves. The same capital was recorded later on in a detailed orthogonal drawing by an anonymous draughtsman, and a measured section of the capital appears in the drawing below (Drawing 7). The drawing closely accords in style and format with others on this page and like them it dates from c.1515 (see Cat. Drawing 1). The handwriting of the caption is consistent with that seen in all other annotations in the codex.
OTHER IMAGES MENTIONED: [Anon.] Florence, GDSU, 4327 Ar (Bartoli 1914–22, 6, p. 111)
OTHER IMAGES MENTIONED: [Anon.] Florence, GDSU, 4327 Ar (Bartoli 1914–22, 6, p. 111)
Literature
Ashby 1904, p. 71
Census, ID 47044
Census, ID 47044
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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