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Drawing 6 (middle column, top): Ornamental head of a halberd
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Reference number
SM volume 115/149f
Purpose
Drawing 6 (middle column, top): Ornamental head of a halberd
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
Hand
Bernardo della Volpaia
Notes
The halberd, decorative rather than practical, is of modern invention and has an axe blade ornamented with circles, a pick resembling the tail of a sea monster, and a pike head suggestive of a bird’s head. The drawing’s style is indicative of a date of c.1515.
Literature
Ashby 1904, p. 71
Level
Drawing
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