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Carlo Urbino
active 16th century
Bust of a man in front view, the head turned in profile (Codex Huygens, fol. 53)
7 1/32 x 4 7/8 inches (179 x 124 mm)
Pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper.
2006.14:53
Purchased in 1938.
Notes
B IV, The fourth book or "Regola" (Theory of proportions), 4, Copies and tracings after Leonardo da Vinci, (a) Studies in human proportions--Panofsky.
Reversed tracing after a drawing in Windsor, Cl. 12607 (Panofsky, p. 43, fig. 74).
Reversed tracing after a drawing in Windsor, Cl. 12607 (Panofsky, p. 43, fig. 74).
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed "53", in upper right-hand corner, by Constantine Huygens.
Watermark: Tail of serpent, fragment.
Watermark: Tail of serpent, 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. 43, fig. 27 (repr.)
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Century Drawings
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