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Drawing 4 (second row, right): Decorative foliate band with a palmette
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Reference number
SM volume 115/156d
Purpose
Drawing 4 (second row, right): Decorative foliate band with a palmette
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 band of decoration, from around 1515, has an inverted palmette joined by foliate swirls to a pair of acanthus sprigs. No other drawings of this design are known.
Literature
Ashby 1904, p. 73
Census, ID 47119
Census, ID 47119
Level
Drawing
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