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Folio 98 verso (Ashby 163): Acanthus scrolls with hybrid animal protome
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Reference number
SM volume 115/163
Purpose
Folio 98 verso (Ashby 163): Acanthus scrolls with hybrid animal protome
Aspect
Part of an ornamental composition
Scale
Not known
Inscribed
[Mount] 163 [x2]
Signed and dated
- c.1515
Datable to c.1515
Medium and dimensions
[Drawing] (Drawing media as below) On laid paper (232x162mm), erased pen lines, rounded corners at left, inlaid
[Mount] Frame lines, in pen and dark brown ink, 10mm apart; window (225x157mm)
Hand
Bernardo della Volpaia
Watermark
[Drawing] None [Mount] None
Notes
This composition of acanthus scrolls, drawn c.1515, incorporates a prominent protome with the head of a horned lion and a female torso with wings. There is much evidence of erasure, especially under the protome and in the position of the left leg, which may suggest it was an invention rather than a record of an existing design.
Literature
Ashby 1904, p. 74
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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