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  • image SM volume 115/149g

Reference number

SM volume 115/149g

Purpose

Drawing 7 (middle column, second row): Part of a decorative feature with foliate volutes

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

This feature would appear to be the right-hand half of a decorative design of horizontal format, formed of two scrolling elements (one shown) terminating in tendrils that are linked together by meeting at a foliate sprig. The faintly depicted horizontal base line suggests that the feature could have been for the top of a rectangular frame, perhaps similar to the one on the following page (Fol. 90v/Ashby 150), although it could have been an ornament for a vase or a piece of furniture. 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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