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Drawing 4 (left column, lower centre): Ornamental feature
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Reference number
SM volume 115/149d
Purpose
Drawing 4 (left column, lower 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
A shell-like feature with extended scrolls at both sides, the design was perhaps an ornament for a vase or piece of small-scale furniture. The drawing, although positioned close to the one beneath, is unrelated to it. Its 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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