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Drawing 2 (top right): Two standing figures
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Reference number
SM volume 115/162b
Purpose
Drawing 2 (top right): Two standing figures
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 brown chalk
Hand
Bernardo della Volpaia
Notes
Showing a pair of standing male nudes both holding a central staff, this drawing (of c.1515), perhaps a modern invention, is distinct from the one to its left, having a different base line, and being separated from it by curious angular bracketing feature.
Literature
Ashby 1904, p. 74
Ashby 1913, p. 210
Census, ID 47226
Ashby 1913, p. 210
Census, ID 47226
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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