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  • image SM volume 115/161d

Reference number

SM volume 115/161d

Purpose

Drawing 4 (right half, top left): Winged zoomorphic horse

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 traces of black chalk

Hand

Bernardo della Volpaia

Notes

Shown here in a swift and sketchy drawing dating from c.1515 is a winged horse that has a snake-like tail in place of rear legs with a leafy termination.

Literature

Ashby 1904, p. 73

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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