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  • image SM volume 115/156a

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

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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