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Drawing 2 (left column, upper centre): Ornamental feature
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Reference number
SM volume 115/149b
Purpose
Drawing 2 (left column, upper centre): Ornamental feature
Aspect
Part of an ornamental composition
Scale
Not known
Signed and dated
- c.1515
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
The design has two scrolling elements framing a shell, tied at the top, and surmounted by foliage. Rising from a curving base, it could have been intended as an ornament on a vase, especially given that several other drawings on the sheet are associated with vases. The drawing’s style suggests a date of c.1515.
Literature
Ashby 1904, p. 71
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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