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Carlo Urbino
active 16th century
"Prima figura del disegno trovato dall' [uo]mo" (Codex Huygens, fol. 1)
6 1/8 x 8 7/16 inches (155 x 214 mm)
Pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper.
2006.14:1
Purchased in 1938.
Notes
B I, The first book or "Regola" (Form and structure of the human body)--Panofsky.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed "1", in upper right-hand corner, by Constantine Huygens.
Watermark: Feet and lower body of a pilgrim(?) in circle, above trefoil and letters " PV", fragment.
Watermark: Feet and lower body of a pilgrim(?) in circle, above trefoil and letters " PV", fragment.
Associated names
Leemput, Remy van, 1607-1675, former owner.
Leemput, Remy van, Mrs., 17th cent., former owner.
Huygens, Constantijn, 1628-1697, former owner.
Mensing, Ant. W. M., 1866-1936, former owner.
Leemput, Remy van, Mrs., 17th cent., former owner.
Huygens, Constantijn, 1628-1697, former owner.
Mensing, Ant. W. M., 1866-1936, former owner.
Bibliography
Erwin Panofsky, The Codex Huygens and Leonardo da Vinci's Art Theory, The Pierpont Morgan Library Codex M.A. 1139 (Studies of the Warburg Institute, XIII), London, 1940, p. 19, fig. 1 (repr.)
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Century Drawings
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