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  • image SM volume 115/149b

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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