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Drawing 1 (top row, left): Decorative band with a mask and urns
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Reference number
SM volume 115/156a
Purpose
Drawing 1 (top row, left): Decorative band with a mask and urns
Aspect
Ornamental composition
Scale
Not known
Signed and dated
- c.1515
Datable to c.1515
Medium and dimensions
Pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk
Hand
Bernardo della Volpaia
Notes
This decorative band has a central mask flanked by foliate swirls and urns supporting palmettes. The drawing, dating from c.1515, was probably copied from a collection of ornamental friezes gathered together in a previous sketchbook, but no other depiction of this particular design is known.
Literature
Ashby 1904, p. 73
Census, ID 47107
Census, ID 47107
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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